bug(windows): `cspell: No match for line` if the file is on another local disk

[Kristinita]

1. Summary

If I open files on local disks other than the local disk of the project’s folder, SublimeLinter with the plugin SublimeLinter-cspell returns the message cspell: No match for line. Example:

SublimeLinter: #1 linter.py:1291      cspell: No match for line: '/D:/SashaDebugging/Kira CSpell folder with spaces/Kira file with spaces.js:1:4 - Unknown word (Kira)'

2. Steps to reproduce

1. Launch Sublime Text 4 on Windows in the Safe Mode.

2. Install Package Control.

3. Ctrl+Shift+P → Package Control: Upgrade/Overwrite All Packages.

   Otherwise, I get the error Package Control: The dependency 'typing_extensions' is not available when I install SublimeLinter through Package Control.

4. Install SublimeLinter and SublimeLinter-cspell using Package Control.

5. Ctrl+Shift+P → SublimeLinter: Reload SublimeLinter and its Plugins.

   Otherwise, SublimeLinter plugins don’t work, and I get the message SublimeLinter upgrade in progress. Aborting lint. in the status bar.

6. Ctrl+Shift+P → Preferences: SublimeLinter Settings → replace the content of the user settings file on the right side with this content:

   {
   	"debug": true
   }

7. Create the folder C:\KiraExampleFolder. Ctrl+Shift+P → Project: Add Folder → C:\KiraExampleFolder.

   Or add to the project any other folder on the local disk, different from the local disk of the file opened in the next step.

8. Create the file D:\SashaDebugging\Kira CSpell folder with spaces\Kira file with spaces.js with the content:

   // Kira Godess!

   You can create any other file in the folder on the local disk, different from the local disk of the folder of the project.

9. Select File in the Sublime menu → Open file → open the file D:\SashaDebugging\Kira CSpell folder with spaces\Kira file with spaces.js.

10. Install AutomaticPackageReloader using Package Control. Ctrl+Shift+P → Automatic Package Reloader → add the text SublimeLinter-cspell in the opened input field with the label Package: → Enter.

    Otherwise, SublimeLinter-cspell doesn’t lint files. I get this output in the Sublime Text console:

    SublimeLinter: backend.py:75          Delay linting 'Kira file with spaces.js' for 0.0s
    SublimeLinter: backend.py:75          Delay linting 'Kira file with spaces.js' for 0.0s
    SublimeLinter: backend.py:99          No installed linter matches the view.
    SublimeLinter: backend.py:99          No installed linter matches the view.

    NOTE: SublimeLinter duplicates messages in the debug mode.

11. When the file D:\SashaDebugging\Kira CSpell folder with spaces\Kira file with spaces.js is opened in the current view, open the Sublime Text console. I get this output:

    SublimeLinter: #1 linter.py:1238      cspell: output:
    	/D:/SashaDebugging/Kira CSpell folder with spaces/Kira file with spaces.js:1:4 - Unknown word (Kira)
    	/D:/SashaDebugging/Kira CSpell folder with spaces/Kira file with spaces.js:1:9 - Unknown word (Godess) fix: (Goddess)
    SublimeLinter: #1 linter.py:1238      cspell: output:
    	/D:/SashaDebugging/Kira CSpell folder with spaces/Kira file with spaces.js:1:4 - Unknown word (Kira)
    	/D:/SashaDebugging/Kira CSpell folder with spaces/Kira file with spaces.js:1:9 - Unknown word (Godess) fix: (Goddess)
    SublimeLinter: #1 linter.py:1291      cspell: No match for line: '/D:/SashaDebugging/Kira CSpell folder with spaces/Kira file with spaces.js:1:4 - Unknown word (Kira)'
    SublimeLinter: #1 linter.py:1291      cspell: No match for line: '/D:/SashaDebugging/Kira CSpell folder with spaces/Kira file with spaces.js:1:4 - Unknown word (Kira)'
    SublimeLinter: #1 linter.py:1291      cspell: No match for line: '/D:/SashaDebugging/Kira CSpell folder with spaces/Kira file with spaces.js:1:9 - Unknown word (Godess) fix: (Goddess)'
    SublimeLinter: #1 linter.py:1291      cspell: No match for line: '/D:/SashaDebugging/Kira CSpell folder with spaces/Kira file with spaces.js:1:9 - Unknown word (Godess) fix: (Goddess)'
    SublimeLinter: backend.py:460         Linting 'Kira file with spaces.js' with cspell took 1.12s
    SublimeLinter: backend.py:460         Linting 'Kira file with spaces.js' with cspell took 1.12s

3. Fixing the problem

3.1. Steps to reproduce

After all steps in the previous section, install PackageResourceViewer using Package Control → Ctrl+Shift+P → PackageResourceViewer: Extract Package → SublimeLinter-cspell → Start Extraction → Ctrl+Shift+P → PackageResourceViewer: Open Resource → SublimeLinter-cspell → linter.py → replace the content of the opened file linter.py with this code:

from SublimeLinter.lint import NodeLinter


class CSpell(NodeLinter):
	cmd = 'cspell stdin://${file} ${args} --no-progress --no-summary'
	defaults = {'selector': ''}
	regex = r'^(?P<filepath>.*?):(?P<line>\d+):(?P<col>\d+) - (?P<message>.*)$'

After these changes, SublimeLinter-cspell should highlight errors for files on any local disks:

3.2. Changes

1. I simplified the regular expression for paths so that it correctly matches filenames on other local disks.
2. I removed the value source of the selector key. CSpell isn’t a spellchecker solely for code and should lint files with any syntax including Plain Text.
3. I added the setting ${args} in the value of the cmd attribute to allow users to add other command-line arguments to the CSpell command.
4. I removed extra code. I used paths with spaces in my example, and it looks like the issue streetsidesoftware/cspell#7517 mentioned in the commit a73e64e is resolved.

4. Similar problems when I use other plugins

Not solely SublimeLinter-cspell doesn’t show errors and warnings when I open files on other local disks. I get the similar problems when I use other SublimeLinter plugins. Possibly, I will create other issues after resolving the problem in SublimeLinter-cspell.

5. Environment

1. Windows 11, Version 25H2 (OS Build 26200.7171)
2. Sublime Text 4, Build 4200 (Stable Channel)
3. SublimeLinter 4.82.2
4. CSpell 9.4.0
5. SublimeLinter-cspell 1.1.1

Thanks.