Vscode: Simplify --goto to open file at specific line and column without --goto

[googol7]

At the moment files can be opened at a specific line and column like this:

code --goto src/app/pages/main.tsx:24:9

Why not omit --goto like Atom does it:

atom src/app/pages/main.tsx:24:9

See: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/tips-and-tricks#_command-line

Related tickets:
Simplify --goto's usage
Opening a file from command line with line number (--goto) is broken

[bpasero]

@googol7 simple, ":" is a valid character in file names, so how would you suggest to then open a file like "foo.txt:3:3"?

[googol7]

Lets say we run this command: code foo.txt:4:3:2

The algorithm could be like this:
Analyze the filename from the right side and look for colons :

1. If foo.txt:4:3:2 exists open it - no line and column were provided.
2. If foo.txt:4:3:2 doesn’t exist but foo.txt:4:3 does exist then open it and jump to line 2.
3. If foo.txt:4:3:2 doesn’t exist but foo.txt:4 does exist then open it and jump to line 3 and character 2.
4. If foo.txt:4:3:2 doesn’t exist but foo.txt does exist then open it and jump to line 4 and character 3. Ignore the :2
5. If foo.txt doesn’t exist then create the file foo.txt:4:3:2

Further testcase:
foo:4:3:2.txt:10:9 ... only consider :10:9 as a line : column as no other : or integer follows.

[bpasero]

@googol7 you can run Code with a path that does NOT exist on disk to actually create it. Keep that in mind.

[googol7]

@bpasero Let’s say the file foo.txt:4 exists and the user runs

code foo.txt:4:3:2

I'd prefer VS Code to open the existing file foo.txt:4 and jump to line 3, character 2 rather then creating a new file 'foo.txt:4:3:2`

[APerricone]

Hello,
I am not sure about opening a new issue, but it is possible create a link to a line? for example:
_file:///home/perry/harbour-src/contrib/hbunix/chdir.c:48_ try to open chdir.c:48, instead of open chdir.c and go to line 48... Is it possible do the second case?

[josh-ua]

Quick workaround: create a shell alias, code -g also works fine without a line number. So I have:
alias code="code -g"

so, something like code ./home/josh/file.c opens fine and code ./home/josh/file.c:30 opens the file and highlights line 30

[iloveitaly]

Would be great if the vscode: protocol could support line numbers as well. This would make it easy for frameworks to link out to the exact line in VS code which triggered an error.

[stuaxo]

Supporting the VIM syntax would be good, as VIM and Gedit already have this:

[+LINE[:COLUMN]]

e.g. code blah.py +2

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[minomikula]

Hello,
I am not sure about opening a new issue, but it is possible create a link to a line? for example:
_file:///home/perry/harbour-src/contrib/hbunix/chdir.c:48_ try to open chdir.c:48, instead of open chdir.c and go to line 48... Is it possible do the second case?

YES!!! this would be really helpfull. We generate some .ts files from java and it would be nice to have links to original fields in ts.

[stuaxo]

@minomikula encourage anyone that would find this useful to vote for this, we are only short 3 votes.

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[AlencarGabriel]

Hello, I have an extension that provides a hover documentation with a link to the file. And many users request that the link go at the documentation in question.

As the link uses Markdown notation, simply calling the file via URI "file://" recognizing the lines and columns with ":", would already meet this need.

Example:

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