--- a/roundup/cgi/templating.py	Sun Dec 15 23:55:16 2002 +0000
+++ b/roundup/cgi/templating.py	Sun Dec 15 23:55:34 2002 +0000
@@ -734,14 +734,44 @@
         return cmp(self._value, other)
 
 class StringHTMLProperty(HTMLProperty):
-    def plain(self, escape=0):
+    url_re = re.compile(r'\w{3,6}://\S+')
+    email_re = re.compile(r'\w+@[\w\.\-]+')
+    designator_re = re.compile(r'([a-z_]+)([\d+])')
+    def _url_repl(self, match):
+        s = match.group(0)
+        return '<a href="%s">%s</a>'%(s, s)
+    def _email_repl(self, match):
+        s = match.group(0)
+        return '<a href="mailto:%s">%s</a>'%(s, s)
+    def _designator_repl(self, match):
+        s = match.group(0)
+        s1 = match.group(1)
+        s2 = match.group(2)
+        try:
+            # make sure s1 is a valid tracker classname
+            self._db.getclass(s1)
+            return '<a href="%s">%s %s</a>'%(s, s1, s2)
+        except KeyError:
+            return '%s%s'%(s1, s2)
+
+    def plain(self, escape=0, hyperlink=1):
         ''' Render a "plain" representation of the property
+            
+            "escape" turns on/off HTML quoting
+            "hyperlink" turns on/off in-text hyperlinking of URLs, email
+                addresses and designators
         '''
         if self._value is None:
             return ''
         if escape:
-            return cgi.escape(str(self._value))
-        return str(self._value)
+            s = cgi.escape(str(self._value))
+        else:
+            s = self._value
+        if hyperlink:
+            s = self.url_re.sub(self._url_repl, s)
+            s = self.email_re.sub(self._email_repl, s)
+            s = self.designator_re.sub(self._designator_repl, s)
+        return s
 
     def stext(self, escape=0):
         ''' Render the value of the property as StructuredText.