(Javascript syntax highlighter) */ characters incorrectly read when inside a regular expression

[Jared Klingenberger]

Binary package hint: gedit

While editing Javascript in gedit, I find that I will sometimes have an asterisk at the end of a regular expression. In Javascript, regular expressions are begun and ended with a / (forward slash) instead of quotes. However, gedit identifies any regular expressions with an asterisk as the last letter as the incorrect end of a comment (*/) and highlights the two characters red.

For example, if I have the regular expression:

/\d*/

gedit will highlight the asterisk and forward slash red as if it were an end-comment marker.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME)

[Jared Klingenberger (itsjareds)]

Ok, the bug report has been created in Gnome's bugzilla.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600241

Nobody's said anything there yet, and it's been about a week.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for sent it upstream.