instance method textilize

Ruby on Rails 2.2.3

Last seen in v2.3.18

Available in: v2.2.3 v2.3.18

Signature

textilize(text)

Returns the text with all the Textile codes turned into HTML tags.

You can learn more about Textile’s syntax at its website. This method is only available if RedCloth is available.

Examples
textilize("*This is Textile!*  Rejoice!")
# => "<p><strong>This is Textile!</strong>  Rejoice!</p>"

textilize("I _love_ ROR(Ruby on Rails)!")
# => "<p>I <em>love</em> <acronym title="Ruby on Rails">ROR</acronym>!</p>"

textilize("h2. Textile makes markup -easy- simple!")
# => "<h2>Textile makes markup <del>easy</del> simple!</h2>"

textilize("Visit the Rails website "here":http://www.rubyonrails.org/.)
# => "<p>Visit the Rails website <a href="http://www.rubyonrails.org/">here</a>.</p>"

Parameters

text req
Source
# File actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb, line 250
        def textilize(text)
          if text.blank?
            ""
          else
            textilized = RedCloth.new(text, [ :hard_breaks ])
            textilized.hard_breaks = true if textilized.respond_to?(:hard_breaks=)
            textilized.to_html
          end
        end

Defined in actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb line 250 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActionView::Helpers::TextHelper

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