1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/pardes.zig b/src/pardes.zig
index ae6c4cbc..da6e540c 100644
--- a/src/pardes.zig
+++ b/src/pardes.zig
@@ -6798,7 +6798,11 @@ pub const Pardes = struct {
     /// ponytail: mvzr searches from each match's end, so `^` and `$` assert
     /// against THAT position rather than against a line the way helix's
     /// multi_line regex does, and `.` matches a newline like any other byte.
-    /// Both are waived cases; `[^\n]` is the workaround for the second.
+    /// Both are waived. `[^\n]` LOOKS like the workaround for the second and
+    /// must not be suggested as one: the live preview compiles every prefix,
+    /// and the prefix `[^\` panics mvzr (index out of bounds in parseCharSet,
+    /// mvzr.zig valueFor) before the pattern can ever be finished. Guarding
+    /// the compile is what would make the advice sayable.
     fn applySelRegex(p: *Pardes, pane: *Pane, pat: []const u8, split: bool) void {
         const pl = p.paneCursorLines(pane) catch return;
         const text = p.flatSurface(pane, pl) catch return;