Sometimes a ticket number is not linked

[iseulde]

E.g. ​https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/28272. See ​https://make.wordpress.org/core/2015/05/01/editor-wish-list-for-4-3/.

[Otto42]

The code was looking specifically for a space character before the hash mark in order to recognize it. I've changed it to allow for any whitespace character to be there instead.

Also, I edited your post to fix the assorted formatting issues with the list.

[iseulde]

@Otto42 Is there a reason you removed the nested list?

[Otto42]

Replying to iseulde:

@Otto42 Is there a reason you removed the nested list?

Yeah, it was broken because of missing ending LI's. I can put it back if you like. It was just badly broken on my screen, so I fixed what I saw.

The main problem for this ticket was the use of non-breaking spaces. Usually these are input by SHIFT-SPACE. The regexp in question was checking only for normal space. I've changed it to any whitespace now, so it should not happen again, but I fixed the post because it was bad on my screen. Sorry if I made an error.