find in files will not find certain valid regex patterns, but works inside the file

[nikmartin]

given this regex:

\s*enum:\s*\[\r*\n*\s*\d

A file with this text is a match:

   enum:[
          9917001,
          9917003,

but will not be returned in a Find in FIles, BUT this regex WILL return this file:

\s*enum:\s*\[\r*\n*\s*

but only matches up to:

   enum:[

But if I then open the file all the matches that include the \d in the regex will be highlighted

Find in files with \d:

and a file showing the match:

Atom version: 1.5.0-beta2-a01dc47
OS and version: Arch Linux x86_64

Installed packages:

angularjs
atom-ternjs
language-ejs
package-cop
zentabs
atom-beautify
auto-copyright
linter
rest-client
atom-ctags
fonts
linter-js-standard
standard-formatter
atom-terminal
git-plus
minimap
Sublime-Style-Column-Selection

Additional information:

• Problem can be reproduced in safe mode: [Yes]
• Problem started happening recently, didn't happen in an older version of Atom: [Unknown]
• Problem can be reliably reproduced, doesn't happen randomly: [Yes]
• Problem happens with all files and projects, not only some files or projects: [Unknown]

[benogle]

Thanks for the detailed reproduction steps. This is because project find doesn't handle multi-line regular expressions at this time: atom/scandal#5

[adamkdean]

@benogle Is this still the case more than three years on?