configurable run command in R terminal?

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

The R extension has keybindings for some key R functions like nrow, devtools::test() etc. It would be nice to be able to configure our own keybindings that run code in the active R terminal.

Describe the solution you’d like

A command added to the extension like this:

    async function runCommandInRTerm({ text }: { text: string }) {
        const callableTerminal = await chooseTerminal();
        if (callableTerminal === undefined) {
            return;
        }
        callableTerminal.sendText(text);
    }

Allows keybinding config like this to work:

[
  {
    "description": "run drake::r_make()",
    "key": "ctrl+;",
    "command": "r.runCommandInRTerm",
    "when": "editorTextFocus",
    "args": {
      "text": "drake::r_make()\n"
    }
  }
]

Describe alternatives you’ve considered

Adding commands directly to the extension via PRs - seems unlikely to scale well and create unnecessary maintenance overhead for niche use cases.

[MilesMcBain]

I’ll have a go.

Another idea I had is a variant of this that take the current word or selection and sends it as an arg.

Would enable stuff like:

[
  {
    "description": "loadd target under cursor",
    "key": "ctrl+l",
    "command": "r.somethingSomethingWithSelectionOrWord",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && editorLangId == 'r'",
    "args": "drake::loadd"
  }

Thoughts on that one?

[renkun-ken]

Closed by #237.