bsw@1725: function format.text_with_links(value)
bsw@1725:   value = encode.html(value)
bsw@1728:   value = encode.html_newlines(value)
bsw@1725:   value = string.gsub(value, "http[^%s:]*://[^%s]+", function(match)
bsw@1725:     return "<a href=\"" .. match .. "\">" .. match .. "</a>"
bsw@1725:   end)
bsw@1725:   return value
bsw@1725: end