it would be nice if the console API would be exposed, as well as the build API - for things other than build, all kind of: exec, output, double-click stuff.

for example: i can execute my favorite search program (like grep) with a search pattern (using the current showInputPanel API), then if the output could be shown on the console (like it does for the build) or on the quickpanel. i can see which files has this pattern, and i can double click or whatever on those i like to open (if using quickpanel i will select the file as usual)

You can use the exec command to do what you propose, there’s some documentation for it within the commands documentation.