--verbose tweaks

src/vs/code/electron-main/launch.ts

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export class LaunchService implements ILaunchService {
 	) {}
 
 	start(args: ICommandLineArguments, userEnv: IProcessEnvironment): TPromise<void> {
-		this.logService.log('Received data from other instance', args, userEnv);
+		this.logService.log('Received data from other instance: ', args, userEnv);
 
 		// Otherwise handle in windows service
 		let usedWindows: VSCodeWindow[];

src/vs/code/electron-main/log.ts

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export class MainLogService implements ILogService {
 		const { verbose } = this.envService.cliArgs;
 
 		if (verbose) {
-			console.log(`(${new Date().toLocaleTimeString()})`, ...args);
+			console.log(`\x1b[93m[main ${new Date().toLocaleTimeString()}]\x1b[0m`, ...args);
 		}
 	}
 }
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src/vs/code/electron-main/main.ts

@@ -99,8 +99,9 @@ function main(accessor: ServicesAccessor, mainIpcServer: Server, userEnv: IProce
 		}
 	});
 
-	logService.log('### VSCode main.js ###');
-	logService.log(envService.appRoot, envService.cliArgs);
+	logService.log('Starting VS Code in verbose mode');
+	logService.log(`from: ${envService.appRoot}`);
+	logService.log('args:', envService.cliArgs);
 
 	// Setup Windows mutex
 	let windowsMutex: Mutex = null;

src/vs/code/node/cli.ts

@@ -41,12 +41,18 @@ export function main(argv: string[]): TPromise<void> {
 			'VSCODE_CLI': '1',
 			'ELECTRON_NO_ATTACH_CONSOLE': '1'
 		});
+
 		delete env['ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE'];
 
-		let options = {
+		if (args.verbose) {
+			env['ELECTRON_ENABLE_LOGGING'] = '1';
+		}
+
+		const options = {
 			detached: true,
 			env,
 		};
+
 		if (!args.verbose) {
 			options['stdio'] = 'ignore';
 		}