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Due to the fact that the regexps were using character-class constructions not supported by JDK 1.4's regexp engine. Probably broken during removal of libs/regexp dependency.
Created attachment 13691 [details] Suggested patch (seems to work for me anyway)
To test, just mount some Javadoc with a title such as "Overview (Java 2 Platform SE v1.4.2)". View -> Documentation Indices should have a menu item showing just "Java 2 Platform SE v1.4.2", trimming the unnecessary text.
Thanks for the patch. Fixed in /cvs/javadoc/src/org/netbeans/modules/javadoc/search/Bundle.properties,v1.57 /cvs/javadoc/src/org/netbeans/modules/javadoc/search/JavadocSearchType.java,v1.4
forgot to mark as fixed