Try detecting links using the output link detector in all code editors about vscode HOT 7 OPEN

The built-in link detector for code editors is built to only detect file://, http:// or https:// links
The output editors also detect paths (/something/...) or (C:\something...) but we don't turn this on for code editors because of the very high false positive rate in regular programs.

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@alexdima What is the difference between a output editor and a code editor?

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I guess the output editor is pretty much one-way, but in the code editor a user could be typing or editing a file path.

You probably wouldn't want it to run any checks on the link while typing, especially if it was doing something like checking if a file existed over a mapped network drive.

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I guess the output editor is pretty much one-way, but in the code editor a user could be typing or editing a file path.

You probably wouldn't want it to run any checks on the link while typing, especially if it was doing something like checking if a file existed over a mapped

Is a .txt file an output editor? It should be highlighted if I it is, correct?

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The output editor is the one at the bottom:

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cc @bpasero

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