#20 Text Editor Fumbles "(?:"

[Anonymous]

Trying to create non-capturing parentheses can result in
a headache.

Try typing "(?:" minus the quotes in the editor window.
Once you type the colon, the question mark disappears,
never to be found again.

If you really want to have some fun. Try typing "(?:?:"
minus the quotes. Hold on to your chair!

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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yep, the ":" character causes A.I. havoc !
I was using [:] to detect a single colon character, with
little success.
It works for a while, but when reloading, or saving the
regex, the application reacts unpredictably.
I loaded a regex (.express) with "[:]" in it and almost all
of my regex dissappeared. Then pressing Ctrl+Z, I regained
the lost regex text!

It is very weird, obviously something is parsing the regex
and editing it as it goes along, except the colon (:) is
disrupting it's A.I. flow and workings.

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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May be related to not handling the escaped '(' character : \(

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