feat: Suppress startup command notifications

- Commented out the display of informational message on command readiness
- Implemented a periodic check for the status of DevChat commands
- Optimized the conditional display of the DevChat status bar item tooltip

src/contributes/commands.ts

@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ export function registerInstallCommandsPython(context: vscode.ExtensionContext)
 		}
 		
 		UiUtilWrapper.updateConfiguration("DevChat", "PythonForCommands", pythonCommand.trim());
-		vscode.window.showInformationMessage(`All slash Commands are ready to use! Please input / to try workflow commands!`);
+		// vscode.window.showInformationMessage(`All slash Commands are ready to use! Please input / to try workflow commands!`);
 	});
 
 	context.subscriptions.push(disposable);

src/panel/statusBarView.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { dependencyCheck } from './statusBarViewBase';
 import { ProgressBar } from '../util/progressBar';
 import { ExtensionContextHolder } from '../util/extensionContext';
+import { UiUtilWrapper } from '../util/uiUtil';
+import { logger } from '../util/logger';
 
 
 export function createStatusBarItem(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): vscode.StatusBarItem {
@@ -20,6 +22,28 @@ export function createStatusBarItem(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): vscode.St
     // add a timer to update the status bar item
 	progressBar.update("Checking dependencies", 0);
 	let hasInstallCommands = false;
+
+	function checkDevChatCommandsStatus() {
+		const timerDevchatCommands = setInterval(async () => {
+			try {
+				const pythonCommand = UiUtilWrapper.getConfiguration("DevChat", "PythonForCommands");
+				if (!pythonCommand) {
+					statusBarItem.text = `$(pass)DevChat$(warning)`;
+					statusBarItem.tooltip = `ready to chat, command functionality limited`;
+					statusBarItem.command = 'devcaht.onStatusBarClick';
+				} else {
+					statusBarItem.text = `$(pass)DevChat$(pass)`;
+					statusBarItem.tooltip = `chat and all commands fully operational`;
+					statusBarItem.command = 'devcaht.onStatusBarClick';
+					clearInterval(timerDevchatCommands);
+				}
+			} catch (error) {
+				logger.channel()?.error(`Error: ${error}`);
+				logger.channel()?.show();
+			}
+		}, 1000);
+	}
+
 	const timer = setInterval(async () => {
 		try {
 			progressBar.update("Checking dependencies", 0);
@@ -62,6 +86,7 @@ export function createStatusBarItem(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): vscode.St
 			}
 			
 			clearInterval(timer);
+			checkDevChatCommandsStatus();
 		} catch (error) {
 			statusBarItem.text = `$(warning)DevChat`;
 			statusBarItem.tooltip = `Error: ${error}`;

src/util/progressBar.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export class ProgressBar {
             return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
                 const timer = setInterval(() => {
 					if (this.finish === true && this.error === "") {
-						vscode.window.showInformationMessage(`${this.message}`);
+						// vscode.window.showInformationMessage(`${this.message}`);
 						resolve();
 						clearInterval(timer);
 					} else if (this.finish === true && this.error !== "") {