Work around a QRegExp bug where a `\b never seems to match

Fixes #453. Bug filed upstream.

diff --git a/src/qtui/qtuimessageprocessor.cpp b/src/qtui/qtuimessageprocessor.cpp
index ac98bc8..1c1a82c 100644 (file)
--- a/src/qtui/qtuimessageprocessor.cpp
+++ b/src/qtui/qtuimessageprocessor.cpp
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ void QtUiMessageProcessor::checkForHighlight(Message &msg) {
         nickList = myIdentity->nicks();
     }
     foreach(QString nickname, nickList) {
-      QRegExp nickRegExp("\\b" + QRegExp::escape(nickname) + "\\b",
+      QRegExp nickRegExp("\\b" + QRegExp::escape(nickname) + "(\\W|\\b|$)", // + "\\b", this does not seem to work for trailing ` -> upstream bug?
                           _nicksCaseSensitive ? Qt::CaseSensitive : Qt::CaseInsensitive);
       if(nickRegExp.indexIn(msg.contents()) >= 0) {
         msg.setFlags(msg.flags() | Message::Highlight);