https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87488
Bug ID: 87488
Summary: hyperlink filenames in diagnostics
Product: gcc
Version: 9.0
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: P3
Component: c
Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org
Reporter: manu at gcc dot gnu.org
Target Milestone: ---
Modern terminals are starting to implement the interpretation of hyperlinks
encoded in escape sequences
(https://gist.github.com/egmontkob/eb114294efbcd5adb1944c9f3cb5feda). The idea
is to produce a escape sequence similar to the one generated for colors that
encodes a hyperlink that, in the simplest case, describes the path to a file.
Support for hyperlinks has been added to ls:
https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/commit/799bac0d06cfabe9491498727308df8d1aca6d98
and to systemd:
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/23b27b39d2a3a002ad827a2e8a9872a51495d797
It would be interesting if GCC hyperlinked filenames in GCC diagnostics such
that given:
myfile.c:1:2: error: some error
it is possible to click in myfile.c and automatically open
"file://path/to/myfile.c"
I suggest -fdiagnostics-hyperlink=[always|never|auto] with a default of never
for now until support becomes more widespread.
