Cannot use absolute path for tools cursor on Windows

[devnote-dev]

Bug Report

The cursor-based crystal tool commands do not work on Windows. I have tested this on Crystal v1.7.0 and v1.8-dev. After some brief searching, it seems to be the parsing in crystal/cursor.cr#34 which does not take into account absolute Windows paths.

[HertzDevil]

Actually, filesystems other than Windows' may also contain colons anywhere in the file paths

[mominshaikhdevs]

Actually, filesystems other than Windows' may also contain colons anywhere in the file paths

the NT Kernel does not care anything other than \ character for paths + dirs+ files! , even . and .. are perfectly valid file names.

It's the NTFS File System driver(ntfs.sys) that enforces those file names reservations/restrictions for compatibility with DOS.

[straight-shoota]

Thanks for the insight. I think @HertzDevil's comment contradicts that. He didn't refer to the kernel but Windows' filesystem, which is pretty much equivalent to NTFS/NTFS driver.

Anyway the point was that it's not a Windows-specific problem. And the fix in #13129 is generic, it just chops off the line and column portions from the end of the string.