change localhost:[port] outbound links to /proxy/[port] or [port].domain

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Problem: it's not especially clear in code-server that web services can be proxied through code-server. If code-server isn't on a local machine any links in terminal to localhost will fail. See https://github.com/cdr/code-server/blob/main/docs/FAQ.md#how-do-i-securely-access-web-services

Links in the VS Code terminal are clickable. If the user has a config setting set, perhaps we could override localhost links address to actually go to our proxy URL instead. I am not sure how technically feasible this is, but this would probably be valuable with code-server in Coder workspaces as well.

I was trying to log locahost:PORT and trying to get the link to change but realized it wouldn't work. I use railway and so I asked their team if they could inject a RAILWAY_APP_URL env var so I can log that + /proxy/PORT in development. Good news is, they are planning on adding it so railway users could use that.

I was trying to log locahost:PORT and trying to get the link to change but realized it wouldn't work. I use railway and so I asked their team if they could inject a RAILWAY_APP_URL env var so I can log that + /proxy/PORT in development. Good news is, they are planning on adding it so railway users could use that.

Update: Railway has now added this feature https://railway.app/changelog/2021-05-23.

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