Bug 464725

Summary:	Lookbehind regex not working
Product:	[Applications] kate	Reporter:	H.H. <cyberbeat>
Component:	search	Assignee:	KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	christoph
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	22.08.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description H.H. 2023-01-24 09:06:16 UTC

I have following example:

Regex (it should find $myvar but not @$myvar):
(?<!@)\$myvar

on text
abcde @$myvar abcde $myvar

kwrite highlights both as matches, but it should only find the second.

I tested it successfully here: https://regex101.com/

Comment 1 Christoph Cullmann 2024-11-03 16:51:36 UTC

Works for me with 24.08.

What might confuse is that if the cursor is on myvar we still highlight the other one due to the 'current word' highlighting.