Output selected text in SpeechMarkdown output channel

Author: johniwasz

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
-
+- Output selected text in SpeechMarkdown output channel
 - Known issue with phonemes in ipa tags that include quotes
 
 ## [0.0.8] - 2020-07-14

src/extension.ts

@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@ let jsCentralProvider = new JSHoverProvider();
 
 export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
 
-
+  try
+  {
   var outProv = new smdOutputProvider();
 
   context.subscriptions.push(
     vscode.commands.registerCommand('extension.speechmarkdownpreview', () => {
       const editor = vscode.window.activeTextEditor;
+
       if (editor !== undefined) {
 
           let selection : string = editor.document.getText(editor.selection);
@@ -77,7 +79,11 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
     )
   );
 
+  } catch(ex)
+  {
+     console.error(ex);
 
+  }
 
  /*
   context.subscriptions.push(

src/smdOutputProvider.ts

@@ -16,64 +16,78 @@ export default class  {
 	  let speechOpts :  SpeechOptions = { platform: "amazon-alexa" };
 	  speechOpts.includeSpeakTag = false;
 
-
-	  var output : string = 'Alexa: \n';
-	  
-	  var speechOut : string = '';
+	  var output : string = 'Speech Mardown text: \n';		 
 
-	  try
+	  if(smdText.length == 0)
 	  {
-		speechOut = speech.toSSML(smdText, speechOpts);	 
+		output = 'No text selected';
 	  }
-	  catch(ex)
+	  else
 	  {
-		speechOut = ex;
-	  }
 
-	  output +=speechOut;
+		output += smdText;
+		output += '\n------------------------\n';
+		
+		var speechOut : string = '';
+		
+		try
+		{
+			speechOut = speech.toSSML(smdText, speechOpts);	 
+		}
+		catch(ex)
+		{
+			speechOut = ex;
+		}
+
+		output +='\n\nAlexa: \n';
+		output +=speechOut;
+		output +='\n';
+
+
+		speechOpts.platform = "google-assistant";
+		try
+		{
+			speechOut = speech.toSSML(smdText, speechOpts);	 
+		}
+		catch(ex)
+		{
+			speechOut = ex;
+		}
+
+		output +='\n\nGoogle Assistant: \n';
+		output +=speechOut;
+		output +='\n';
+
+
+		speechOpts.platform = "samsung-bixby";
+		try
+		{
+			speechOut = speech.toSSML(smdText, speechOpts);	 
+		}
+		catch(ex)
+		{
+			speechOut = ex;
+		}
+
+		output +='\nSamsung Bixby: \n';
+		output +=speechOut;
+		output +='\n';
+
+
+		try
+		{
+			speechOut = speech.toSSML(smdText);	 
+		}
+		catch(ex)
+		{
+			speechOut = ex;
+		}
+
+		output +='\nPlain Text: \n';
+		output +=speechOut;
+		output +='\n';
 
-	  speechOpts.platform = "google-assistant";
-	  try
-	  {
-		speechOut = speech.toSSML(smdText, speechOpts);	 
-	  }
-	  catch(ex)
-	  {
-		speechOut = ex;
-	  }
-
-	  output +='\n\nGoogle Assistant: \n';
-	  output +=speechOut;
-	  output +='\n';
-
-
-	  speechOpts.platform = "samsung-bixby";
-	  try
-	  {
-		speechOut = speech.toSSML(smdText, speechOpts);	 
 	  }
-	  catch(ex)
-	  {
-		speechOut = ex;
-	  }
-
-	  output +='\nSamsung Bixby: \n';
-	  output +=speechOut;
-	  output +='\n';
-
-
-	  try
-	  {
-		speechOut = speech.toSSML(smdText);	 
-	  }
-	  catch(ex)
-	  {
-		speechOut = ex;
-	  }
-
-	  output +='\nPlain Text: \n';
-	  output +=speechOut;
-	  output +='\n';
   	  outChannel.clear();
 	  outChannel.append(output);
 	  outChannel.show(true);