Support file paths as links even when outside the workspace

[SmartManoj]

Type: Bug

Run a python file with error

VS Code version: Code 1.72.1 (129500e, 2022-10-10T17:22:48.346Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22621
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[vscodenpa]

Thanks for creating this issue! It looks like you may be using an old version of VS Code, the latest stable release is 1.72.2. Please try upgrading to the latest version and checking whether this issue remains.

Happy Coding!

[SmartManoj]

Thanks for creating this issue! It looks like you may be using an old version of VS Code, the latest stable release is 1.72.2. Please try upgrading to the latest version and checking whether this issue remains.

Happy Coding!

Still the same.

[sandy081]

@joaomoreno Assigning this to you as I do not know who owns output link computer.

[bpasero]

Turning into a feature request as this is simply not how output link detection works: it will only detect links for paths that are inside the workspace but not for any pattern. I think we did that for performance reasons, though the code is also very old:

vscode/src/vs/workbench/contrib/output/common/outputLinkComputer.ts

Lines 40 to 43 in 9d5741f

	for (const workspaceFolder of workspaceFolders) {
	const patterns = OutputLinkComputer.createPatterns(workspaceFolder);
	this.patterns.set(workspaceFolder, patterns);
	}

[huangqinjin]

Could we at least have a switch to enable file links? Current logic is too strict. /path/to/workspace/file supports links but /path/to/others/../workspace/file does not support, though they point to the same file.