Bug 464725 - Lookbehind regex not working
Summary: Lookbehind regex not working
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: kate
Classification: Applications
Component: search (show other bugs)
Version: 22.08.1
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWrite Developers
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Reported: 2023-01-24 09:06 UTC by H.H.
Modified: 2023-01-24 09:06 UTC (History)
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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/