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authorGoetz <goetz.buerkle@gmail.com>2013-09-13 16:45:42 +0100
committerTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2013-09-13 12:42:47 -0400
commitdbc2e8eb73ca15fd3f2b9c5ddfa69651330bcead (patch)
treefe70eb43adaf7f5a60242c3715cc61f40fa91ee7 /docs/ref
parent61de57260b4b2bb54fe3c494d104b85e957c9be2 (diff)
[1.5.x] Fixed #21101 -- Updated urlize documentation to mention email addresses
Backport of 39b49fd339 from master
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-rw-r--r--docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt b/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt
index cd85c29762..1572b15604 100644
--- a/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt
@@ -2164,7 +2164,7 @@ If ``value`` is ``"http://www.example.org/"``, the output will be
urlize
^^^^^^
-Converts URLs in text into clickable links.
+Converts URLs and email addresses in text into clickable links.
This template tag works on links prefixed with ``http://``, ``https://``, or
``www.``. For example, ``http://goo.gl/aia1t`` will get converted but
@@ -2193,6 +2193,11 @@ If ``value`` is ``"Check out www.djangoproject.com"``, the output will be
``"Check out <a href="http://www.djangoproject.com"
rel="nofollow">www.djangoproject.com</a>"``.
+In addition to web links, ``urlize`` also converts email addresses into
+``mailto:`` links. If ``value`` is
+``"Send questions to foo@example.com"``, the output will be
+``"Send questions to <a href="mailto:foo@example.com">foo@example</a>"``.
+
The ``urlize`` filter also takes an optional parameter ``autoescape``. If
``autoescape`` is ``True``, the link text and URLs will be escaped using
Django's built-in :tfilter:`escape` filter. The default value for
@@ -2208,7 +2213,7 @@ Django's built-in :tfilter:`escape` filter. The default value for
urlizetrunc
^^^^^^^^^^^
-Converts URLs into clickable links just like urlize_, but truncates URLs
+Converts URLs and email addresses into clickable links just like urlize_, but truncates URLs
longer than the given character limit.
**Argument:** Number of characters that link text should be truncated to,