https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=463767
Bug ID: 463767 Summary: search & replace unicode char is very slow Classification: Applications Product: kate Version: 22.08.2 Platform: Other OS: Linux Status: REPORTED Severity: normal Priority: NOR Component: search Assignee: kwrite-bugs-n...@kde.org Reporter: fahad.alsa...@gmail.com Target Milestone: --- Created attachment 154982 --> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=154982&action=edit a big file contains hidden unicode chars SUMMARY *** I have a txt file generated it for tesserocr that has lot of hidden Unicode chars under Pop Directional Formatting (PDF) block. So I want to search & delete them. I notice that kate is very slow in doing that. *** STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. download attached txt file. 2. search & replace (Ctrl+R) 3. type \x{202C} 4. choose Regular expression mode 5. Click Replace all. OBSERVED RESULT the process is very slow. EXPECTED RESULT SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE neon 5.26 22.04 (x86_64) (available in About System) Operating System: KDE neon 5.26 KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.99.0 Qt Version: 5.15.6 Kernel Version: 5.15.0-52-generic (64-bit) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.