Exception when using `livePreview.start.preview.atFile` with an argument
See original GitHub issueI get the following error message when I try to use the command livePreview.start.preview.atFile with one string argument representing a workspace file. Either absolute or relative path doesn’t work.
Window log
2022-12-07 08:20:39.973 [error] [Extension Host] Tried to open a non-file URI with file opener
2022-12-07 08:20:40.025 [error] An unknown error occurred. Please consult the log for more details.: Error: An unknown error occurred. Please consult the log for more details.
at s._executeContributedCommand (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:92:111561)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
Extension Host log
2022-12-07 08:20:39.972 [error] Error:
at S.cmp (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:64:12872)
at I.findSubstr (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:64:16911)
at R.getWorkspaceFolder (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:103:16286)
at M.getWorkspaceFolder (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:103:19250)
at Object.getWorkspaceFolder (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:113:46819)
at b.handleOpenFile (c:\Users\junior\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.live-server-0.4.4\out\extension.js:1:63068)
at b.openPreviewAtFileUri (c:\Users\junior\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.live-server-0.4.4\out\extension.js:1:65978)
at c:\Users\junior\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.live-server-0.4.4\out\extension.js:1:480357
at s._executeContributedCommand (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:92:111375)
at s.$executeContributedCommand (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:92:112079)
at l._doInvokeHandler (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:102:13680)
at l._invokeHandler (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:102:13362)
at l._receiveRequest (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:102:12132)
at l._receiveOneMessage (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:102:10834)
at c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:102:8941
at h.invoke (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:61:145)
at v.deliver (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:61:2266)
at g.fire (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:61:1844)
at r.fire (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:70:16515)
at c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:118:17104
at h.invoke (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:61:145)
at v.deliver (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:61:2266)
at g.fire (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:61:1844)
at r.fire (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:70:16515)
at o._receiveMessage (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:70:21327)
at c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:70:18770
at h.invoke (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:61:145)
at v.deliver (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:61:2266)
at g.fire (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:61:1844)
at g.acceptChunk (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:70:13346)
at c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:70:12476
at Socket.i (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\api\node\extensionHostProcess.js:70:24594)
at Socket.emit (node:events:526:28)
at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:315:12)
at readableAddChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:289:9)
at Readable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:228:10)
at Pipe.onStreamRead (node:internal/stream_base_commons:190:23) livePreview.start.preview.atFile {"value":"ms-vscode.live-server","_lower":"ms-vscode.live-server"}
Steps to recreate
Create the following tasks.json:
{
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [ {
"label": "test",
"command": "${input:preview-test}",
"problemMatcher": []
}],
"inputs": [
{
"id": "preview-test",
"type": "command",
"command": "livePreview.start.preview.atFile",
"args": "any-file.html" // I also have tried [ "str" ] and { "file": "str" }
}
]
}
Run task “test”
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I think you have a valid use-case (and I wasn’t too aware of using the command like that before) so I created #388.
@andreamah Thanks for the idea but it has no use on my scenario.