Method start

src/process.ts:42–180

(
        cancellationToken: vscode.CancellationToken,
    )

    }

    public async start(
        cancellationToken: vscode.CancellationToken,
    ): Promise<IEditorServicesSessionDetails | undefined> {
        const psesModulePath = path.resolve(
            __dirname,
            this.bundledModulesPath,
            "PowerShellEditorServices/PowerShellEditorServices.psd1",
        );

        const featureFlags =
            this.sessionSettings.developer.featureFlags.length > 0
                ? this.sessionSettings.developer.featureFlags
                      .map((f) => `'${f}'`)
                      .join(", ")
                : "";

        this.startPsesArgs +=
            `-LogPath '${utils.escapeSingleQuotes(this.logDirectoryPath.fsPath)}' ` +
            `-SessionDetailsPath '${utils.escapeSingleQuotes(this.sessionFilePath.fsPath)}' ` +
            `-FeatureFlags @(${featureFlags}) `;

        if (this.sessionSettings.integratedConsole.useLegacyReadLine) {
            this.startPsesArgs += "-UseLegacyReadLine";
        }

        const powerShellArgs: string[] = [];

        const useLoginShell: boolean =
            (utils.isMacOS && this.sessionSettings.startAsLoginShell.osx) ||
            (utils.isLinux && this.sessionSettings.startAsLoginShell.linux);

        if (useLoginShell && this.isLoginShell(this.exePath)) {
            // This MUST be the first argument.
            powerShellArgs.push("-Login");
        }

        powerShellArgs.push("-NoProfile");

        // Only add ExecutionPolicy param on Windows
        if (
            utils.isWindows &&
            this.sessionSettings.developer.setExecutionPolicy
        ) {
            powerShellArgs.push("-ExecutionPolicy", "Bypass");
        }

        const startEditorServices =
            "Import-Module '" +
            utils.escapeSingleQuotes(psesModulePath) +
            "'; Start-EditorServices " +
            this.startPsesArgs;

        // On Windows we unfortunately can't Base64 encode the startup command
        // because it annoys some poorly implemented anti-virus scanners.
        if (utils.isWindows) {
            powerShellArgs.push("-Command", startEditorServices);
        } else {
            // Otherwise use -EncodedCommand for better quote support.