Word RegExp fails to match valid words and closes dialog about autocomplete HOT 5 CLOSED

The reason for this is because of the wordRegex in lib/autocomplete-view.coffee#L8. (Basically, \w doesn't match - or _ which in CSS is valid.) I have made this work locally for CSS but as I did, I realize that the value of wordRegex could be language specific. I don't feel comfortable creating a pull request because I feel the working change I've made locally would likely just be a quick fix if we agree that this could be language specific.

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Making it language specific makes a lot of sense, and you're right that it probably involves a core change. I'll create an issue for it in core.

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This could be something specified in the grammar with a reasonable default in core. That way all existing plugins get something but if they want ideal circumstances, they could update their grammar. Just a thought, you know more about core than I. Let me know if I can help.

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Thanks. That's what I had in mind, too. For now this probably relies on us adding the change to core, then we could use help updating language packages. The core vs. package distinction won't be such a hurdle when we get the infrastructure in place to open up core to users.

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This package is deprecated and no longer shipped with Atom. If this is still an issue using the autocomplete-plus package, please open up a new issue on that repository, thanks.

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