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I have a tool that outputs lines like:

0004:057: # Purpose: Tex.......
0023:034: blah blah......
...

where the first two tokens are line and col number. I specified it under configure/Tools with "Regular Expression to Match Output" like

^\([0-9]+\):\([0-9]+\):

and File: is blank, Line: is 1 and Column: is 2

Which worked just fine in Versions 4 and 5. I could run the tool, see the tool output, click on a line, and get transferred to the the correct row and column in my original file.

I installed Version 6.

This FAILS in Version 6. Instead, i get an error "Cannot jump to item under the cursor"

Oddly, it worked in version 5 with POSIX either checked or unchecked. It fails in Ver 6.2.2 with POSIX checked or unchecked.

Win 7

You must select or deselect POSIX regular expression syntax before you set the regular expression in the tool. Deselect Posix syntax, change the regular expression, change it back and save it again.

I'll try that. Thanks. Meanwhile, i attempted to delete the tool. In the tool list it appeared as the whole command string: "perl blah blah blah". When i highlighted it and hit my Delete key i got a Windows pop-up that Textpad failed and had to close.
I tried again, same result.
I renamed it to "zzzz" and used the Delete key, with success.

In ver 5 i added my external tool as a "DOS command", so that in the tool spec window, the Command was shown as cmd.exe in gray (not changeable). I added my Paramters as "perl -S blah blah...."

My regular expression is ^\([0-9]+\):\([0-9]+\):

I can still do that, and i can invoke the tool, and it runs, and i can see the expected output (*almost*) in the "Tool Output" screen, but when i double click a line i get the error msg "Cannot jump to item under the cursor"

But success when adding my external tool as a "Program." I can specify the program as "c:...\cmd.exe" and add my params as "/c perl -S blah blah" or i can specify the program as "c:\...\perl.exe" and the Parameters as "-S blah blah". Either way works as desired.

(*almost*) means that the content of the output looks the same as in the other two methods, but the font is different - it's smaller. Properties still shows Courier Regular 10, but it's not.

This is a change from Version 5.4.2, but i found a way that works in Ver 6. And i get the rest of the Ver 6 stuff, including the Close X on the file tab.