The $ sign is not in the nonWordCharacters but the highlight still ignoes it

[Sofianio]

Steps to Reproduce

1. Double click or cmd+D to select a variable $variable

Expected behavior:

2. should select the whole variable

Actual behavior:

3. only variable selected the $ sign not included

Reproduces how often:

Every tIme

Versions

Atom : 1.54.0
Electron: 6.1.12
Chrome : 76.0.3809.146
Node : 12.4.0

Additional Information

The $ sign is not in the nonWordCharacters

/()"':,.;<>~!@#%^&*|+=[]{}`?-

I tried launching atom via atom --safe but found same behavior

[KapitanOczywisty]

#92 (comment) and subsequent comments.

[Sofianio]

Thanks, that does it

Reference:

To quick-fix this you have to set Non Word Character globally in Editor Settings - remove $ from the list.