[buddypress-trac] [BuddyPress] #3721: Mentions do not work if there is a period after the username.

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#3721: Mentions do not work if there is a period after the username.
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 Reporter:  lsparks       |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Activity      |    Version:
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
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 It appears that mentions do not work if there is a period directly after
 them.

 Example: Hey, everyone say hi to @username.

 I took a look at bp_activity_find_mentions() and it appears the expression
 used to allow usernames like @first.last includes the period all the time,
 so it incorrectly matches the actual punctuation period as part of the
 username when the name is at the end of a punctuated sentence. This causes
 an issue because the username with the period on the end is not
 technically correct and will not trigger any the notifications or
 highlighting.

 I tried adding a word boundary to the end of the existing expression to
 get /[@]+([A-Za-z0-9-_.\@]+)\b/ and that seems to work in the limited
 testing I have done.

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