Request: Enable Open file in editor in R console

[schloerke]

Ex in the R console:

devtools::lint()

has the output...

ℹ Linting shinytest2
  |=================================================================================================| 100%
R/app-driver-expect-download.R:104:3: warning: [object_usage_linter] unused argument (transform = transform)
  app__expect_snapshot_file(
  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
R/app-driver-expect-download.R:107:14: style: [infix_spaces_linter] Put spaces around all infix operators.
    transform=transform,
             ^
R/app-driver-expect-screenshot.R:105:3: warning: [object_usage_linter] unused argument (transform = transform)
  app__expect_snapshot_file(
  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
R/app-driver-expect-values.R:233:3: warning: [object_usage_linter] unused argument (transform = transform)
  app__expect_snapshot_file(
  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

My request is that the R/app-driver-expect-download.R:104:3 (and similarly shaped links) should open the file and line.

When performing the same code in the Terminal pane, the files open as expected using cmd + click.

[jennybc]

You will notice that these sorts of links do work in cli-emitted messages with file links. So the best way to make this happen is for lintr to either message with cli or inline similar logic. This is done using OSC 8 hyperlinks, which is a de facto standard for terminal emulators, i.e. that's what cli is doing to make these hyperlinks "come alive", so to speak.

[jennybc]

In terminals, VS Code is constantly scouring the output for various things (words, symbols, etc.), including anything that might sort of look like a file path. That is why you notice you can cmd + click there. But in the R console, we are counting on a more explicit signal that something is intended to be a file link.