OSC 8 terminal hyperlinks don't work properly in Remote - WSL

[Tyriar]

Repro:

Run printf '\e]8;;file:///home/daniel/dev/Tyriar/xterm.js/README.md\e\\file scheme\e]8;;\e\n' using a file that exists in the workspace. 🐛 Clicking the link does not do anything

pwsh repro: write-host "e]8;;file:///home/daniel/dev/Tyriar/xterm.js/README.mde\file schemee]8;;en"`, ⚠ don't verify this on Windows as it's a little broken until conpty v2 (#224488)

[BladeMF]

Hi @Tyriar,

Thanks for working on the links! Some questions:

1. Does this cover links that run in Docker windows (it would appear so)? (The following questions are all in the Docker context and in the integrated terminal)
2. Does this cover also the vscode protocol?
3. Wasn't there a vscode-remote protocol? Now it seems to popup the Windows' "Get an app to open vscode-remote". This behaviour seems changed.

[GongT]

I can confirm it don't work in Remote - SSH.

And it raise "Failed to open: The network name cannot be found. (0x43)" insteadof "Failed to open: The system cannot find the file specified. (0x2)" when use "file://" protocol

[Tyriar]

Another report: #204274, possible this is not just remote. I verified it happens on remote - wsl

[Tyriar]

Definitely working for me on mac pointing at an existing file. For non-existent files it gives no feedback to the user.

[KalleDK]

I tried some different combinations and it seems like WSL and Remote SSH suffer from the same problem

import pathlib

p = pathlib.Path("log.py")
# Works in windows terminal (but does open with absolute path instead of relative path)
# Does not work in WSL terminal - can't find the file
print(f"file://{p.absolute().as_posix().replace(':', '')}\n", flush=True)

# Works in windows terminal
# Works in WSL terminal (but does not choose the correct file, but gives a dropdown of posible files)
print(f"file://./{p.as_posix()}\n", flush=True)

# Works in windows terminal (And does open with relative path)
# Does not work in WSL - but do show the correct path in mouseover
print(
    f"\x1b]8;id=abce;file://{p.absolute()}\x1b\\This is a link\x1b]8;;\x1b\\\n",
    flush=True,
)

# Does not work in windows terminal - each word is a separate link to the word
# Does not work in WSL - each word is a separate link to the word (and just jumps to random files)
print(
    f"\x1b]8;file://{p.absolute()}\x1b\\This is a link\x1b]8;;\x1b\\\n",
    flush=True,
)

# Does not work in windows terminal - each word is a separate link to the word
# Does not work in WSL - each word is a separate link to the word (and just jumps to random files)
print(
    f"\x1b]8;file://./{p}\x1b\\This is a link\x1b]8;;\x1b\\\n",
    flush=True,
)

# Does not work in windows terminal - Links to the py.py and not the file:// URL (but it kinda make it work if that is what you want)
# Does not work in WSL - Links to the py.py and not the file:// URL (but it kinda make it work if that is what you want)
print(
    f"\x1b]8;file://{p.absolute()}\x1b\\py.py\x1b]8;;\x1b\\\n",
    flush=True,
)