Installation improvements

src/extension.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,26 @@ import { configuration } from "./extension/config";
 
 //
 
+const forcedDelay: number = 1000; // how long to delay install when VSCode is operational
+
+export let installDelay = 7000; // how long to delay install when VSCode is init
+
+export const setActive: (active?: boolean) => void = (active?: boolean) => {
+    console.log(active);
+    statusbar.text = `$(${active === false ? "file-media" : "loading~spin"}) Background`;
+}
+
+export const statusbar: StatusBarItem = (() => {
+    const item: StatusBarItem = window.createStatusBarItem(StatusBarAlignment.Right);
+
+    item.command = "background.config";
+    item.name = "Background";
+    item.text = "$(file-media) Background";
+    item.tooltip = "Open background configuration";
+
+    return item;
+})();
+
 export const activate: (context: ExtensionContext) => any = (context: ExtensionContext) => {
     let workbench: string;
     let product: string;
@@ -98,13 +118,6 @@ export const activate: (context: ExtensionContext) => any = (context: ExtensionC
     const changelog: Uri = Uri.file(join(context.extensionPath, "CHANGELOG.md"));
     const help: Uri = Uri.file(join(context.extensionPath, "HELP.md"));
 
-    const statusbar: StatusBarItem = window.createStatusBarItem(StatusBarAlignment.Right);
-
-    statusbar.command = "background.config";
-    statusbar.name = "Background";
-    statusbar.text = "$(file-media) Background";
-    statusbar.tooltip = "Open background configuration";
-
     context.subscriptions.push(
         commands.registerCommand("background.install", () => install(workbench, product, true)),
         commands.registerCommand("background.uninstall", () =>
@@ -124,5 +137,9 @@ export const activate: (context: ExtensionContext) => any = (context: ExtensionC
     if(configuration().get("autoInstall"))
         install(workbench, product, false);
 
+    // delay before VSCode will actually refresh properly
+    for(let i = installDelay; i > forcedDelay; i -= 1000)
+        setTimeout(() => installDelay -= 1000, i);
+
     return api;
 };

src/extension/writer.ts

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import { reload } from "../lib/vscode";
 import { copyCommand, generateChecksum } from "../lib/file";
 
 import { clean, inject } from "./inject"
+import { installDelay, setActive } from "../extension";
 
 export const install: (workbench: PathLike, product: PathLike, force?: boolean) => void = (workbench: PathLike, product: PathLike, force: boolean = false) => {
     write(workbench, product, inject(readFileSync(workbench, "utf-8")), force);
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ const write: (workbench: PathLike, product: PathLike, content: string, force?: b
     const pJson: string = readFileSync(product, "utf-8").replace(workbenchChecksum, generateChecksum(content));
 
     try{ // write changes
+        setActive(true);
+
         let changed: boolean = force;
         if(readFileSync(workbench, "utf-8") !== content){
             writeFileSync(workbench, content, "utf-8");
@@ -53,7 +56,11 @@ const write: (workbench: PathLike, product: PathLike, content: string, force?: b
             writeFileSync(product, pJson, "utf-8");
             changed = true;
         }
-        changed && setTimeout(reload, 1000); // artificial delay because VSCode is not updating the background for no reason
+
+        if(changed)
+            setTimeout(reload, installDelay); // artificial delay because VSCode is not updating the background for no reason
+        else
+            setActive(false);
     }catch(error: any){
         const snap: boolean = platform() === "linux" &&
         /* also in         */ workbench.toString().replace(/\\/g, '/').includes("/snap/") &&
@@ -83,17 +90,21 @@ const write: (workbench: PathLike, product: PathLike, content: string, force?: b
                         [productTemp, product]
                     ]);
                     exec(command, { name: "VSCode Extension Host" }, (err: any) => {
-                        if(err)
+                        if(err){
                             window.showErrorMessage(
                                 "Failed to write changes",
                                 {
                                     detail: `OS: ${platform()} ${release()}\nUsing command: ${command}\n\n${err.name}\n${err.message}`.trim(),
                                     modal: true
                                 }
                             );
-                        else
+                            setActive(false);
+                        }else{
                             reload();
+                        }
                     });
+                }else{
+                    setActive(false);
                 }
             });
         }