Namespace commands

Namespace for dealing with commands. In short, a command is a function with a unique identifier. The function is sometimes also called command handler.

Commands can be added using the registerCommand and registerTextEditorCommand functions. Registration can be split in two step: first register command without handler, second register handler by command id.

Any contributed command are available to any extension, command can be invoked by executeCommand function.

Simple example that register command:

theia.commands.registerCommand({id:'say.hello.command'}, ()=>{
    console.log("Hello World!");
});
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Simple example that invoke command:

theia.commands.executeCommand('core.about');
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