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