--- a/src/js/utils.js	Thu Jan 17 17:25:46 2013 +0100
+++ b/src/js/utils.js	Fri Jan 25 18:16:29 2013 +0100
@@ -29,6 +29,79 @@
     }
 }
 
+IriSP.textFieldHtml = function(_text, _regexp, _extend) {
+    var list = [],
+        positions = [],
+        text = _text.replace(/(^\s+|\s+$)/g,'');
+    
+    function addToList(_rx, _startHtml, _endHtml) {
+        while(true) {
+            var result = _rx.exec(text);
+            if (!result) {
+                break;
+            }
+            var end = _rx.lastIndex,
+                start = result.index;
+            list.push({
+                start: start,
+                end: end,
+                startHtml: (typeof _startHtml === "function" ? _startHtml(result) : _startHtml),
+                endHtml: (typeof _endHtml === "function" ? _endHtml(result) : _endHtml)
+            });
+            positions.push(start);
+            positions.push(end);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    if (_regexp) {
+        addToList(_regexp, '<span class="Ldt-Highlight">', '</span>');
+    }
+    
+    addToList(/(https?:\/\/)?\w+\.\w+\S+/gm, function(matches) {
+        return '<a href="' + (matches[1] ? '' : 'http://') + matches[0] + '" target="_blank">'
+    }, '</a>');
+    addToList(/@([\d\w]{1,15})/gm, function(matches) {
+        return '<a href="http://twitter.com/' + matches[1] + '" target="_blank">'
+    }, '</a>');
+    addToList(/\*[^*]+\*/gm, '<b>', '</b>');
+    addToList(/[\n\r]+/gm, '', '<br />');
+    
+    IriSP._(_extend).each(function(x) {
+        addToList.apply(null, x);
+    });
+    
+    positions = IriSP._(positions)
+        .chain()
+        .uniq()
+        .sortBy(function(p) { return parseInt(p) })
+        .value();
+    
+    var res = "", lastIndex = 0;
+    
+    for (var i = 0; i < positions.length; i++) {
+        var pos = positions[i];
+        res += text.substring(lastIndex, pos);
+        for (var j = list.length - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
+            var item = list[j];
+            if (item.start < pos && item.end >= pos) {
+                res += item.endHtml;
+            }
+        }
+        for (var j = 0; j < list.length; j++) {
+            var item = list[j];
+            if (item.start <= pos && item.end > pos) {
+                res += item.startHtml;
+            }
+        }
+        lastIndex = pos;
+    }
+    
+    res += text.substring(lastIndex);
+    
+    return res;
+    
+}
+
 IriSP.log = function() {
     if (typeof console !== "undefined" && typeof IriSP.logging !== "undefined" && IriSP.logging) {
         console.log.apply(console, arguments);