Control task properties of Scala run VSCode task

[soronpo]

When running a Scala program through the metals run icon, metals uses a VSCode task for that purpose.
The default configuration for the tasks prints out redundant clutter:

• In the beginning: Executing task: .... the entire command-line ...
• In the end: Terminal will be reused by tasks, press any key to close it.

Additionally, I want to clear the console at every run.
VSCode already has such options that can be configured for a task:

    "presentation": {
        "echo": false,    
        "showReuseMessage": false,
        "clear": true
    }

However, I'm not able to define such options so they take effect.
Is there something I'm missing?

[tgodzik]

I can't seem to make that work either by adding it to task properties inside the extension. How are you trying to add it?

I wonder if this would work if we implemented https://code.visualstudio.com/api/extension-guides/task-provider

[soronpo]

I tried directly in tasks.json

[tgodzik]

That might require the task provider being defined.

[soronpo]

Could be. However vscode itself didn't highlight it as an error like it did with other methods I tried, so I thought there is a way to set these as defaults. Didn't try to make a manual task to see if indeed these take hold there.