Use stdlib re for Markdown matching

novelwriter/core/tokenizer.py

@@ -1109,11 +1109,9 @@ class Tokenizer(ABC):
 
         # Match Markdown
         for regEx, fmts in self._rxMarkdown:
-            rxItt = regEx.globalMatch(text, 0)
-            while rxItt.hasNext():
-                rxMatch = rxItt.next()
+            for match in re.finditer(regEx, text):
                 temp.extend(
-                    (rxMatch.capturedStart(n), rxMatch.capturedLength(n), fmt, "")
+                    (match.start(n), len(match.group(n)), fmt, "")
                     for n, fmt in enumerate(fmts) if fmt > 0
                 )
 

novelwriter/gui/dochighlight.py

@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ from novelwriter.constants import nwHeaders, nwRegEx, nwUnicode
 from novelwriter.core.index import processComment
 from novelwriter.enum import nwComment
 from novelwriter.text.patterns import REGEX_PATTERNS
-from novelwriter.types import QRegExUnicode
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 

novelwriter/text/patterns.py

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import re
+
 from PyQt5.QtCore import QRegularExpression
 
 from novelwriter import CONFIG
@@ -33,25 +35,19 @@ from novelwriter.types import QRegExUnicode
 class RegExPatterns:
 
     @property
-    def markdownItalic(self) -> QRegularExpression:
+    def markdownItalic(self) -> re.Pattern:
         """Markdown italic style."""
-        rxRule = QRegularExpression(nwRegEx.FMT_EI)
-        rxRule.setPatternOptions(QRegExUnicode)
-        return rxRule
+        return re.compile(nwRegEx.FMT_EI, re.UNICODE)
 
     @property
-    def markdownBold(self) -> QRegularExpression:
+    def markdownBold(self) -> re.Pattern:
         """Markdown bold style."""
-        rxRule = QRegularExpression(nwRegEx.FMT_EB)
-        rxRule.setPatternOptions(QRegExUnicode)
-        return rxRule
+        return re.compile(nwRegEx.FMT_EB, re.UNICODE)
 
     @property
-    def markdownStrike(self) -> QRegularExpression:
+    def markdownStrike(self) -> re.Pattern:
         """Markdown strikethrough style."""
-        rxRule = QRegularExpression(nwRegEx.FMT_ST)
-        rxRule.setPatternOptions(QRegExUnicode)
-        return rxRule
+        return re.compile(nwRegEx.FMT_ST, re.UNICODE)
 
     @property
     def shortcodePlain(self) -> QRegularExpression: