Type-check TS on CI and also turn off the strict setting useUnknownInCatchVariables

We don't follow it and I found that turning it on will have little benefit.

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -132,5 +132,8 @@ jobs:
         run: npm --prefix ./editors/code test
         # working-directory: ./editors/code  # does not work: https://github.com/GabrielBB/xvfb-action/issues/8
 
+    - run: npm run pretest
+      working-directory: ./editors/code
+
     - run: npm run package --scripts-prepend-node-path
       working-directory: ./editors/code

editors/code/package-lock.json

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
                 "glob": "^7.1.6",
                 "mocha": "^9.0.2",
                 "tslib": "^2.3.0",
-                "typescript": "^4.3.5",
+                "typescript": "^4.4.4",
                 "typescript-formatter": "^7.2.2",
                 "vsce": "^1.95.1",
                 "vscode-test": "^1.5.1"
@@ -3541,9 +3541,9 @@
             }
         },
         "node_modules/typescript": {
-            "version": "4.3.5",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-4.3.5.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-DqQgihaQ9cUrskJo9kIyW/+g0Vxsk8cDtZ52a3NGh0YNTfpUSArXSohyUGnvbPazEPLu398C0UxmKSOrPumUzA==",
+            "version": "4.4.4",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-4.4.4.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-DqGhF5IKoBl8WNf8C1gu8q0xZSInh9j1kJJMqT3a94w1JzVaBU4EXOSMrz9yDqMT0xt3selp83fuFMQ0uzv6qA==",
             "dev": true,
             "bin": {
                 "tsc": "bin/tsc",
@@ -6647,9 +6647,9 @@
             }
         },
         "typescript": {
-            "version": "4.3.5",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-4.3.5.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-DqQgihaQ9cUrskJo9kIyW/+g0Vxsk8cDtZ52a3NGh0YNTfpUSArXSohyUGnvbPazEPLu398C0UxmKSOrPumUzA==",
+            "version": "4.4.4",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-4.4.4.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-DqGhF5IKoBl8WNf8C1gu8q0xZSInh9j1kJJMqT3a94w1JzVaBU4EXOSMrz9yDqMT0xt3selp83fuFMQ0uzv6qA==",
             "dev": true
         },
         "typescript-formatter": {

editors/code/package.json

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         "watch": "npm run build-base -- --sourcemap --watch",
         "lint": "tsfmt --verify && eslint -c .eslintrc.js --ext ts ./src ./tests",
         "fix": " tsfmt -r       && eslint -c .eslintrc.js --ext ts ./src ./tests --fix",
-        "pretest": "tsc && npm run build",
+        "pretest": "tsc --noEmit && npm run build",
         "test": "node ./out/tests/runTests.js"
     },
     "dependencies": {

editors/code/tsconfig.json

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
         "sourceMap": true,
         "rootDir": ".",
         "strict": true,
+        "useUnknownInCatchVariables": false,
         "noUnusedLocals": true,
         "noUnusedParameters": true,
         "noImplicitReturns": true,