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Add end line + column parsing in links #78624
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Is this a format output by any prominent tools? |
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This expects the location format to be like
This is the format [5,56->5,72] and is what I based my tool's output on, with the modification of ommiting square brackets and using colons instead of commas.
So to summarise, I think that at the very least the formats But it would also make sense to support formats like |
Closing as out of scope as the terminal is focused on CLI tools which do not generally use this format. FYI @alexr00 |
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The PR #24832 added support for line and column indicators in clickable links.
Adding parsing for end line and column markers would allow clicking on a link to open a file and highlight a range, which would be very useful for using external tool tasks without having to necessarily use problem matchers.
Currently clicking on a link, such as
/path/to/my/file.txt:5:56
now opensfile.txt
and positions the cursor at line 5, column 56.The new feature would make clicking on links, such as
/path/to/my/file.txt:5:56->5:72
openfile.txt
and highlight the range from line 5, column 56 to line 5, column 72.The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: