Replacing the 'auto_link' method in Ruby on Rails 3.1

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I am using Ruby on Rails 3.0.7 and I know that in the 3.1 version there won't be the auto_link method anymore (see the actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb for RoR 3.1).

Is there another way to have similar functions as the old auto_link method? That is, how can I replace that useful method in Ruby on Rails 3.1?

BTW: why will the auto_link method will be removed?

Some reasons for its removal can be found on this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9732216/why-was-auto-link-deprecated-in-rails — jasondoucette, Jun 17 '12 at 16:03

score 56 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 03 '12 at 16:06

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Rinku is a drop-in replacement for Rails 3.1 auto_link.

Auto-linking functionality has been removed from Rails 3.1, and is instead offered as a standalone gem, rails_autolink. You can choose to use Rinku instead.

require 'rails_rinku'

The rails_rinku package monkeypatches Rails with an auto_link method that mimics 100% the original one, parameter per parameter. It's just faster.

edited Oct 03 '12 at 16:06

NARKOZ

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answered Jun 20 '11 at 23:45

Mori

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Wouldn't recommend rinku right now. For example, this causes a segfault: Rinku.auto_link('<') – Joe Van Dyk Sep 08 '11 at 08:12
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Just add this to your Gemfile: `gem 'rinku', '~> 1.2.2', :require => 'rails_rinku'` – qpingu Sep 12 '11 at 00:30
Rinku.auto_link('<') still segfaults – James Nov 21 '11 at 08:54
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@James not anymore (as of 1.5.0) – rusty Dec 29 '11 at 22:04

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 30 '13 at 13:03

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Not sure why, but Aaron Patterson (Rails Core team) seem to have the gem for this as well https://github.com/tenderlove/rails_autolink (which worked fine for me, YMMV)

answered Aug 30 '13 at 13:03

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Replacing the 'auto_link' method in Ruby on Rails 3.1

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