fix-deviant(config): accept absolute Windows theme paths

Intentional deviation from Ghostty 1.3.1 (DEVIANT_FIXES.md row 38).
Zig's Theme.parseCLI (config/Config.zig:9788-9799) treats any value
containing ',', '=' or ':' as a light/dark pair. Every absolute Windows
path (C:\themes\x, \\?\C:\..., \\server\share\x) contains a colon, so
Ghostty on Windows rejects all absolute theme paths.

A value that is a single Windows absolute path is now taken as a theme
path; the light:/dark: pair syntax still works, including with drive
paths as values.

Test Plan:
- cargo test -p ghostty-config windows_absolute_path_detection
  theme_windows_absolute_path_and_pair_with_paths

crates/ghostty-config/src/types_b.rs

@@ -974,6 +974,19 @@ impl ConfigField for Theme {
         // we're parsing a light/dark mode theme pair. Note that "=" isn't
         // actually valid for setting a light/dark mode pair but I anticipate
         // it'll be a common typo.
+        //
+        // DEVIANT (Windows, see DEVIANT_FIXES.md): an absolute Windows path
+        // (`C:\themes\x`, `\\?\C:\...`, `\\server\share\x`) contains a
+        // colon, so Ghostty would always parse it as a malformed pair and
+        // reject every absolute theme path on Windows.
+        if cfg!(windows) && is_windows_absolute_path(input) {
+            let trimmed = crate::cli_args::trim_bytes(input);
+            *self = Theme {
+                light: EncodedOs::from_bytes(trimmed),
+                dark: EncodedOs::from_bytes(trimmed),
+            };
+            return Ok(());
+        }
         if input.iter().any(|b| matches!(b, b',' | b'=' | b':')) {
             let mut light: Option<EncodedOs> = None;
             let mut dark: Option<EncodedOs> = None;
@@ -1017,6 +1030,17 @@ impl ConfigField for Theme {
     }
 }
 
+/// Whether `input` (after leading whitespace) is a drive-letter (`C:\` or
+/// `C:/`) or UNC / device (`\\...`) absolute path.
+fn is_windows_absolute_path(input: &[u8]) -> bool {
+    let input = crate::cli_args::trim_bytes(input);
+    match input {
+        [b'\\', b'\\', ..] => true,
+        [d, b':', b'\\' | b'/', ..] => d.is_ascii_alphabetic(),
+        _ => false,
+    }
+}
+
 /// A duration, stored in nanoseconds.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]
 pub struct Duration {
@@ -1289,6 +1313,51 @@ config_packed! {
 #[cfg(test)]
 #[allow(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::approx_constant)]
 mod tests {
+    #[test]
+    fn windows_absolute_path_detection() {
+        for p in [
+            r"C:\themes\x",
+            "d:/themes/x",
+            r"\\?\C:\t\x",
+            r"\\srv\share\x",
+            r"  C:\x",
+        ] {
+            assert!(is_windows_absolute_path(p.as_bytes()), "{p}");
+        }
+        for p in [
+            "foo",
+            "light:foo,dark:bar",
+            "light:C:\\x",
+            "/abs/x",
+            "C:",
+            "1:\\x",
+            "C:x",
+        ] {
+            assert!(!is_windows_absolute_path(p.as_bytes()), "{p}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn theme_windows_absolute_path_and_pair_with_paths() {
+        let mut t = Theme::default();
+        let r = t.parse_bytes(Some(br"C:\themes\my theme"));
+        if cfg!(windows) {
+            r.unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(t.light.as_encoded(), r"C:\themes\my theme");
+            assert_eq!(t.dark, t.light);
+            // The pair syntax still works with drive paths as values.
+            let mut t = Theme::default();
+            // (Backslashes are escapes in the pair syntax: quote them.)
+            t.parse_bytes(Some(br#"light:"C:\\a",dark:"C:\\b""#))
+                .unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(t.light.as_encoded(), r"C:\a");
+            assert_eq!(t.dark.as_encoded(), r"C:\b");
+        } else {
+            // Zig behaviour everywhere else: a colon means "pair".
+            assert!(r.is_err());
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn quick_terminal_size_value_formats_nan_like_zig() {
         let mut out = String::new();

docs/rewrite/DEVIANT_FIXES.md

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ when this file was written.
 | 35 | Termio: PTY hangup drops unread output | `termio/Exec.zig` `ReadThread.threadMainPosix` (exits as soon as `POLL.HUP` is seen) | `POLLIN \| POLLHUP` can arrive together with unread final output (a Linux PTY check confirmed this); exiting immediately loses the tail of the child's output. | After HUP the read thread makes one more pass over the fd, so the remaining output is delivered before exit. | 6629fb0 | none (needs a live PTY; verified by RV18 on Linux) |
 | 36 | Font (wasm/browser Canvas): atlas pixel format | `font/face/web_canvas.zig` (atlas write branch on `.rgba`) | The branch tests a stale `.rgba` format against an enum that contains `.bgra`, so BGRA atlases are never converted. | The BGRA atlas conversion is implemented. No claim of equivalence with a real browser (not testable here). | d89691b | `ghostty-font` web_canvas tests (compile/Node level) |
 | 37 | Termio: subprocess cleanup | `termio/Exec.zig:1188-1224` (`getpgid`) | Loops forever while `getpgid(child) == our pgid`, i.e. also when the child died before `setsid` and is an unreaped zombie (its pgid stays ours), hanging the surface close. | Still waits without a cap (no 5 s limit) while the child is alive, but stops (no SIGHUP, nothing to kill) once `waitid(WNOWAIT)` shows the child exited. | uncommitted (P3) | `getpgid_gives_up_on_exited_child_without_setsid`, `getpgid_waits_for_late_setsid` (`ghostty-termio/src/exec.rs`) |
+| 38 | Config (Windows): absolute theme paths | `config/Config.zig:9788-9799` (`Theme.parseCLI`) | Any value containing `,`, `=` or `:` is parsed as a `light:..,dark:..` pair, and a Windows absolute path (`C:\\themes\\x`, `\\\\?\\C:\\...`) always contains a colon, so `theme = <absolute path>` is rejected on Windows (found by running the config tests under Wine). | On Windows a value that starts like an absolute Windows path (drive letter + `:` + separator, or `\\\\`) is a single theme; the pair syntax is unchanged (quote backslashes). Other platforms are unchanged. | uncommitted (agent WINE) | `windows_absolute_path_detection`, `theme_windows_absolute_path_and_pair_with_paths` (`ghostty-config/src/types_b.rs`), `theme_loading` under Wine |
 
 ## Upstream quirks deliberately kept (not fixed)