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"Uncaught SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression" with "webpack -p" / ufligy-js

See original GitHub issue

When Webpack runs UglifyJS with tinyMCE imported, the output is broken and throws this in the console:

Uncaught SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression /...some very long garbage symbols here.../

(npm tinymce@4.5.1)

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AlastairTaftcommented, Feb 13, 2017

Getting the same issue as this.

charset="utf-8" on the script tags as mentioned in the linked post solved it for me.

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yuriyostapenkocommented, Dec 28, 2016

Thanks, that does the trick! I’ve made a PR for docs to cover this topic

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