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Copilot AI commented Dec 22, 2025

When running ls <directory> from a different location, clicking on files in the output failed with "no such file or directory" because links used relative filenames instead of absolute paths.

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Modified the ls/dir command handler to display files with absolute virtual paths:

// Before: displayed as "file.txt" 
// After: displayed as "/zenroom/file.txt"
displayName := path.Join(virtualPath, name)
coloredNames = append(coloredNames, colorizeName(info, displayName))

This ensures clickable links contain the full path regardless of current working directory. Applied to both short (ls) and long (ls -l) listing formats.

Before/After

Before: ls zenroom shows files as file.txt → clicking executes cat file.txt (fails)

Before

After: ls zenroom shows files as /zenroom/file.txt → clicking executes cat /zenroom/file.txt (succeeds)

After

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<issue_title>Tocuh should be aware of path in input to ls</issue_title>
<issue_description>If I do ls with an input path, e.g.

ls zenroom

and then I try to click on a element printed to screen I get

cat: no such file or directory

since it searching the files on the previous folder</issue_description>

<agent_instructions>please put absolute path in links, when shown on the interface</agent_instructions>

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Copilot AI and others added 3 commits December 22, 2025 11:47
When ls is run with a path argument (e.g., ls zenroom), files now show
with their full virtual paths (/zenroom/file.txt) instead of just the
basename (file.txt). This ensures that clicking on files works correctly
regardless of the current working directory.

Fixes issue where clicking on files after ls <path> resulted in
"cat: no such file or directory" errors.

Co-authored-by: puria <[email protected]>
Added comments explaining why path.Join (not filepath.Join) is used for
virtual paths to ensure Unix-style forward slashes are always used,
regardless of the host OS.

Co-authored-by: puria <[email protected]>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Fix links in output for ls command to use absolute paths Fix: Use absolute paths in ls output for clickable file links Dec 22, 2025
Copilot AI requested a review from puria December 22, 2025 11:52
@puria puria marked this pull request as ready for review January 23, 2026 09:44
@puria puria merged commit c8fa3a2 into main Jan 23, 2026
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Tocuh should be aware of path in input to ls

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