VS Code: Generic code cell execution

Currently, the VS Code extension only allows interactive code execution (for .qmd files) for a few specified languages. The question has been raised whether that could be enabled for all languages Quarto otherwise supports via Jupyter or knitr.

Not sure what can be done, especially because there is so many options of interactive available when you consider all available Jupyter Kernel, and custom knitr engine. Should quarto extension know them all to activate the run cell button ? Maybe there is a way that does not imply to know them all if an other extension can communicate support.

Originally posted by @cderv in https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/discussions/4757#discussioncomment-11140994

Although the docs do not yet reflect this, Stata "Run Cell" was added in https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto/commit/5e0c7b5af4d23211d9028d31536c9a63b79a977e (see https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto/issues/336#issuecomment-1873437072). Also supported currently: bash (with "sh" and "shell" as aliases).

Would it make sense to likewise add code execution for all languages already recognized here and/or here?

Start by reading apps/vscode/src/vdoc/languages.ts and packages/editor-core/src/languages.ts, then inspect the VS Code extension's existing Run Cell support for Stata and bash. Compare the languages recognized there with the current execution integrations and related documentation. Done means a decided, tested approach for enabling generic execution without requiring the extension to enumerate every available kernel or knitr engine.