VSCode - Tasks version 2.0.0 : how to use the "output" console, not the terminal

Question

I have a task at version 0.1.0 that I try to migrate to 2.0.0.

This task simply transpiles Typescript to Javascript using a Gulp script. The output is shown in the "output" console, there is no terminal involved and I want it to keep it that way (mostly because of the infamous message "Terminal will be reused by tasks, press any key to close it." at the end of any command in the terminal!).

I can't see how to migrate this task to version 2.0.0 so no terminal is involved!

Here's the version 0.1.0 :

{
    "version": "0.1.0",
    "command": "${workspaceRoot}/node_modules/.bin/gulp",
    "isShellCommand": true,
    "showOutput": "always",
    "suppressTaskName": true,
    "tasks": [
        {
            "taskName": "compile",
            "args": [
                "compile",
                "exit"
            ],
            "isBuildCommand": true,
            "problemMatcher": "$tsc"
        }
    ]
}

Here's my current try for version 2.0.0 :

{
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [
        {
            "identifier": "compile",
            "type": "shell",
            "taskName": "compile",
            "presentation": {
                "echo": true,
                "reveal": "always",
                "focus": true,
                "panel": "new"
            },
            "command": "${workspaceRoot}/node_modules/.bin/gulp compile exit",
            "problemMatcher": [
                "$tsc"
            ],
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": true
            }
        }
    ]
}

This does show the output in the integrated terminal.

How can I make it use the output console instead?

Answer 1

Using the tasks panel is the recommended way to go, but if you really need to use the output panel. You'd need to implement a CustomExecution and get the output of your command. Then to write to the output panel, first you would need to create a dedicated output channel and write to it:

let outputChannel = vscode.window.createOutputChannel('channelName');
outputChannel.appendLine('message');

Answer 2

Try change "reveal": "always", to "reveal": "never",