Fixes to linkify function

More and better pattern matching.

source/js/VMM.Util.js

@@ -283,25 +283,45 @@ if(typeof VMM != 'undefined' && typeof VMM.Util == 'undefined') {
 		// VMM.Util.linkify();
 		linkify: function(text,targets,is_touch) {
 			
-			if(!text) return text;
+			// http://, https://, ftp://
+			var urlPattern = /\b(?:https?|ftp):\/\/[a-z0-9-+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[a-z0-9-+&@#\/%=~_|]/gim;
 
-			text = text.replace(/((https?\:\/\/|ftp\:\/\/)|(www\.))(\S+)(\w{2,4})(:[0-9]+)?(\/|\/([\w#!:.?+=&%@!\-\/]))?/gi, function(url) {
+			// www. sans http:// or https://
+			var pseudoUrlPattern = /(^|[^\/])(www\.[\S]+(\b|$))/gim;
 
-				var nice = url;
+			// Email addresses
-				var _touch = "";
+			var emailAddressPattern = /(([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)@[a-zA-Z_]+?(?:\.[a-zA-Z]{2,6}))+/gim;
-				if(url.search('^https?:\/\/') < 0) url = 'http://'+url;
-				_touch = "onclick = 'void(0)'";
-				if(is_touch) {
-					_touch = "onclick = 'void(0)'";
-				}
 			
-				onclick = "void(0)";
-				if(targets === null || targets === "") return '<a href="'+ url + " " + _touch + '">'+ url +'</a>';
-				else return "<a href='"+ url + " " + _touch + " target='" +targets+"'>'" + url + "</a>" ;
-			});
 
-			return text;
+			return text
+				.replace(urlPattern, "<a target='_blank' href='$&' onclick='void(0)'>$&</a>")
+				.replace(pseudoUrlPattern, "$1<a target='_blank' onclick='void(0)' href='http://$2'>$2</a>")
+				.replace(emailAddressPattern, "<a target='_blank' onclick='void(0)' href='mailto:$1'>$1</a>");
 		},
+		
+		linkify_with_twitter: function(text,targets,is_touch) {
+			
+			// http://, https://, ftp://
+			var urlPattern = /\b(?:https?|ftp):\/\/[a-z0-9-+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[a-z0-9-+&@#\/%=~_|]/gim;
+
+			// www. sans http:// or https://
+			var pseudoUrlPattern = /(^|[^\/])(www\.[\S]+(\b|$))/gim;
+
+			// Email addresses
+			var emailAddressPattern = /(([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)@[a-zA-Z_]+?(?:\.[a-zA-Z]{2,6}))+/gim;
+			
+			var twitterHandlePattern = /(@([\w]+))/g;
+			
+			var twitterSearchPattern = /(#([\w]+))/g;
+
+			return text
+				.replace(urlPattern, "<a target='_blank' href='$&' onclick='void(0)'>$&</a>")
+				.replace(pseudoUrlPattern, "$1<a target='_blank' onclick='void(0)' href='http://$2'>$2</a>")
+				.replace(emailAddressPattern, "<a target='_blank' onclick='void(0)' href='mailto:$1'>$1</a>")
+				.replace(twitterHandlePattern, "<a href='http://twitter.com/$2' target='_blank' onclick='void(0)'>$1</a>")
+				.replace(twitterSearchPattern, "<a href='http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23$2' target='_blank' 'void(0)'>$1</a>");
+		},
+		
 		/* Turns plain text links into real links
 		================================================== */
 		// VMM.Util.unlinkify();
@@ -494,4 +514,30 @@ if(typeof VMM != 'undefined' && typeof VMM.Util == 'undefined') {
 		
 	}).init();
 	
+	//'string'.linkify();
+	if(!String.linkify) {
+		String.prototype.linkify = function() {
+
+			// http://, https://, ftp://
+			var urlPattern = /\b(?:https?|ftp):\/\/[a-z0-9-+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[a-z0-9-+&@#\/%=~_|]/gim;
+
+			// www. sans http:// or https://
+			var pseudoUrlPattern = /(^|[^\/])(www\.[\S]+(\b|$))/gim;
+
+			// Email addresses
+			var emailAddressPattern = /(([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)@[a-zA-Z_]+?(?:\.[a-zA-Z]{2,6}))+/gim;
+			
+			var twitterHandlePattern = /(@([\w]+))/g;
+			
+			var twitterSearchPattern = /(#([\w]+))/g;
+
+			return this
+				.replace(urlPattern, '<a target="_blank" href="$&">$&</a>')
+				.replace(pseudoUrlPattern, '$1<a target="_blank" href="http://$2">$2</a>')
+				.replace(emailAddressPattern, '<a target="_blank" href="mailto:$1">$1</a>')
+				.replace(twitterHandlePattern, "<a href='http://twitter.com/$2' target='_blank'>$1</a>")
+				.replace(twitterSearchPattern, "<a href='http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23$2' target='_blank'>$1</a>");
+	    };
+	}
+	
 }