Fix: do not encode external links (microsoft#186778)

* bug fixes

* added label to copyPaste.ts

* added localized label to copyPasteLinks file

* quick fix for pasting highlight bug

* concise if-statement

* external urls are not automatically encoded

Author: MeghanKulkarni

extensions/markdown-language-features/src/languageFeatures/copyFiles/shared.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ enum MediaKind {
 	Audio,
 }
 
+const externalUriSchemes = [
+	'http',
+	'https',
+];
+
 export const mediaFileExtensions = new Map<string, MediaKind>([
 	// Images
 	['bmp', MediaKind.Image],
@@ -161,7 +166,12 @@ export function createUriListSnippet(
 				insertedLinkCount++;
 				snippet.appendText('[');
 				snippet.appendPlaceholder(escapeBrackets(title) || 'Title', placeholderValue);
-				snippet.appendText(`](${escapeMarkdownLinkPath(mdPath)})`);
+				if (externalUriSchemes.includes(uri.scheme)) {
+					const uriString = uri.toString(true);
+					snippet.appendText(`](${uriString})`);
+				} else {
+					snippet.appendText(`](${escapeMarkdownLinkPath(mdPath)})`);
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -292,7 +302,6 @@ function escapeMarkdownLinkPath(mdPath: string): string {
 
 function escapeBrackets(value: string): string {
 	value = value.replace(/[\[\]]/g, '\\$&');
-	// value = value.replace(/\r\n\r\n/g, '\n\n');
 	return value;
 }