waitUntil

Allows to pause the event loop and to apply pre-save-edits. Edits of subsequent calls to this function will be applied in order. The edits will be ignored if concurrent modifications of the document happened.

Note: This function can only be called during event dispatch and not in an asynchronous manner:

workspace.onWillSaveTextDocument(event => {
	// async, will *throw* an error
	setTimeout(() => event.waitUntil(promise));

	// sync, OK
	event.waitUntil(promise);
})

Parameters

Allows to pause the event loop until the provided thenable resolved.

Note: This function can only be called during event dispatch.

Parameters