Markdown links with spaces do not work

[rfresow]

• VSCode Version: Code 1.11.2 (6eaebe3, 2017-04-13T08:03:11.395Z)
• OS Version: Windows_NT ia32 10.0.15063
• Extensions:

Extension	Author	Version
vscode-great-icons	emmanuelbeziat	1.1.49
PowerShell	ms-vscode	0.12.2

When using markdown links, links with a space in the link are not shown as links in the preview window.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create a markdown file (file with extension .md)

2. Enter text below:

   [This example does not work](C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\DirectDB.dll)
[This example works](C:\Windows\explorer.exe)

3. Switch to preview mode. Above examples are show as:

   

[mjbvz]

That link is not a valid markdown link, at least according to the commonmark spec

A link destination consists of [...]

• a nonempty sequence of characters that does not include ASCII space or control characters, and includes parentheses only if (a) they are backslash-escaped or (b) they are part of a balanced pair of unescaped parentheses that is not itself inside a balanced pair of unescaped parentheses.

Try url encoding the link for starters:

[This example does not work](C:Program%20FilesCommon%20FilesSystemDirectDB.dll)