Public bug reported: It seems to be a BUG related to the regex engine:
Sample Line To Search (there are no tabs): bli wh hummm e lzts txst 2 4 Searching consecutively from the start of the sample line above: /\S\s\+\S it doesn't stop on the char 'e' and on the char '2' as (I think) it should. Others stops (matches) are OK. Likewise, searching: /\S\s\{2,}\S It doesn't stop on the '2' as (I think) it should. The behavior is the same running: vim -u NONE bug_explanation Attached is the file bugreport.txt generated by VIM via: :so $VIMRUNTIME/bugreport.vim ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: vim-gnome 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-45.74-generic 3.13.11-ckt13 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-45-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Feb 17 11:45:22 2015 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/vim.gnome InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-06-25 (1332 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: vim UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-08-03 (198 days ago) ** Affects: vim (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 trusty ** Attachment added: "bugreport.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1422739/+attachment/4320984/+files/bugreport.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1422739 Title: Regular Expression fails to match To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/+bug/1422739/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs