Add file:// to the default implicit hyperlink rule list

closes: https://github.com/wez/wezterm/issues/525

config/src/lib.rs

@@ -1589,6 +1589,8 @@ fn default_hyperlink_rules() -> Vec<hyperlink::Rule> {
         hyperlink::Rule::new(r"\b\w+://(?:[\w.-]+)\.[a-z]{2,15}\S*\b", "$0").unwrap(),
         // implicit mailto link
         hyperlink::Rule::new(r"\b\w+@[\w-]+(\.[\w-]+)+\b", "mailto:$0").unwrap(),
+        // file://
+        hyperlink::Rule::new(r"\bfile://\S*\b", "$0").unwrap(),
     ]
 }
 

docs/changelog.md

@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ brief notes about them may accumulate here.
 * New: Added [alternate_buffer_wheel_scroll_speed](config/lua/config/alternate_buffer_wheel_scroll_speed.md) option to control how many cursor key presses are generated by the mouse wheel when the alternate screen is active. The new default for this is a faster-than-previous-releases 3 lines per wheel tick. [#432](https://github.com/wez/wezterm/issues/432)
 * macOS: Dead Keys are now processed even when `use_ime=false`.  [More details in the docs](config/keys.md#macos-left-and-right-option-key). [#410](https://github.com/wez/wezterm/issues/410).
 * X11: attempt to load cursors from the XCursor.theme resource specified on the root window [#524](https://github.com/wez/wezterm/issues/524)
+* Added `file://` URL matching to the default list of implicit hyperlink rules [#525](https://github.com/wez/wezterm/issues/525)
 
 ### 20201101-103216-403d002d
 

docs/hyperlinks.md

@@ -22,13 +22,17 @@ return {
       format = "$0",
     },
 
-    -- Un-comment this if you want to linkify email addresses
-    --[[
+    -- linkify email addresses
     {
       regex = "\\b\\w+@[\\w-]+(\\.[\\w-]+)+\\b",
       format = "mailto:$0",
     },
-    ]]
+
+    -- file:// URI
+    {
+      regex = "\bfile://\S*\b",
+      format = "$0",
+    },
 
     -- Make task numbers clickable
     --[[