backlog 0.0.3 → 0.0.4

data/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/record_identification_helper.rb

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+module ActionView
+  module Helpers
+    module RecordIdentificationHelper
+      # See ActionController::RecordIdentifier.partial_path -- this is just a delegate to that for convenient access in the view.
+      def partial_path(*args, &block)
+        ActionController::RecordIdentifier.partial_path(*args, &block)
+      end
+
+      # See ActionController::RecordIdentifier.dom_class -- this is just a delegate to that for convenient access in the view.
+      def dom_class(*args, &block)
+        ActionController::RecordIdentifier.dom_class(*args, &block)
+      end
+
+      # See ActionController::RecordIdentifier.dom_id -- this is just a delegate to that for convenient access in the view.
+      def dom_id(*args, &block)
+        ActionController::RecordIdentifier.dom_id(*args, &block)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/record_tag_helper.rb

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+module ActionView
+  module Helpers
+    module RecordTagHelper
+      # Produces a wrapper DIV element with id and class parameters that
+      # relate to the specified ActiveRecord object. Usage example:
+      #
+      #    <% div_for(@person, :class => "foo") do %>
+      #       <%=h @person.name %>
+      #    <% end %>
+      #
+      # produces:
+      #
+      #    <div id="person_123" class="person foo"> Joe Bloggs </div>
+      #
+      def div_for(record, *args, &block)
+        content_tag_for(:div, record, *args, &block)
+      end
+  
+      # content_tag_for creates an HTML element with id and class parameters
+      # that relate to the specified ActiveRecord object. For example:
+      #
+      #    <% content_tag_for(:tr, @person) do %>
+      #      <td><%=h @person.first_name %></td>
+      #      <td><%=h @person.last_name %></td>
+      #    <% end %>
+      #
+      # would produce hthe following HTML (assuming @person is an instance of
+      # a Person object, with an id value of 123):
+      #
+      #    <tr id="person_123" class="person">....</tr>
+      #
+      # If you require the HTML id attribute to have a prefix, you can specify it:
+      #
+      #    <% content_tag_for(:tr, @person, :foo) do %> ...
+      #
+      # produces:
+      #    
+      #    <tr id="foo_person_123" class="person">...
+      #
+      # content_tag_for also accepts a hash of options, which will be converted to
+      # additional HTML attributes. If you specify a +:class+ value, it will be combined
+      # with the default class name for your object. For example:
+      #
+      #    <% content_tag_for(:li, @person, :class => "bar") %>...
+      #
+      # produces:
+      #
+      #    <li id="person_123" class="person bar">...
+      #
+      def content_tag_for(tag_name, record, *args, &block)
+        prefix  = args.first.is_a?(Hash) ? nil : args.shift
+        options = args.first.is_a?(Hash) ? args.shift : {}
+        concat content_tag(tag_name, capture(&block), 
+          options.merge({ :class => "#{dom_class(record)} #{options[:class]}".strip, :id => dom_id(record, prefix) })), 
+          block.binding
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/scriptaculous_helper.rb

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+require 'action_view/helpers/javascript_helper'
+
+module ActionView
+  module Helpers
+    # Provides a set of helpers for calling Scriptaculous JavaScript 
+    # functions, including those which create Ajax controls and visual effects.
+    #
+    # To be able to use these helpers, you must include the Prototype 
+    # JavaScript framework and the Scriptaculous JavaScript library in your 
+    # pages. See the documentation for ActionView::Helpers::JavaScriptHelper
+    # for more information on including the necessary JavaScript.
+    #
+    # The Scriptaculous helpers' behavior can be tweaked with various options.
+    # See the documentation at http://script.aculo.us for more information on
+    # using these helpers in your application.
+    module ScriptaculousHelper
+      unless const_defined? :TOGGLE_EFFECTS
+        TOGGLE_EFFECTS = [:toggle_appear, :toggle_slide, :toggle_blind]
+      end
+      
+      # Returns a JavaScript snippet to be used on the Ajax callbacks for
+      # starting visual effects.
+      #
+      # Example:
+      #   <%= link_to_remote "Reload", :update => "posts", 
+      #         :url => { :action => "reload" }, 
+      #         :complete => visual_effect(:highlight, "posts", :duration => 0.5)
+      #
+      # If no element_id is given, it assumes "element" which should be a local
+      # variable in the generated JavaScript execution context. This can be 
+      # used for example with drop_receiving_element:
+      #
+      #   <%= drop_receving_element (...), :loading => visual_effect(:fade) %>
+      #
+      # This would fade the element that was dropped on the drop receiving 
+      # element.
+      #
+      # For toggling visual effects, you can use :toggle_appear, :toggle_slide, and
+      # :toggle_blind which will alternate between appear/fade, slidedown/slideup, and
+      # blinddown/blindup respectively.
+      #
+      # You can change the behaviour with various options, see
+      # http://script.aculo.us for more documentation.
+      def visual_effect(name, element_id = false, js_options = {})
+        element = element_id ? element_id.to_json : "element"
+        
+        js_options[:queue] = if js_options[:queue].is_a?(Hash)
+          '{' + js_options[:queue].map {|k, v| k == :limit ? "#{k}:#{v}" : "#{k}:'#{v}'" }.join(',') + '}'
+        elsif js_options[:queue]
+          "'#{js_options[:queue]}'"
+        end if js_options[:queue]
+        
+        if TOGGLE_EFFECTS.include? name.to_sym
+          "Effect.toggle(#{element},'#{name.to_s.gsub(/^toggle_/,'')}',#{options_for_javascript(js_options)});"
+        else
+          "new Effect.#{name.to_s.camelize}(#{element},#{options_for_javascript(js_options)});"
+        end
+      end
+      
+      # Makes the element with the DOM ID specified by +element_id+ sortable
+      # by drag-and-drop and make an Ajax call whenever the sort order has
+      # changed. By default, the action called gets the serialized sortable
+      # element as parameters.
+      #
+      # Example:
+      #   <%= sortable_element("my_list", :url => { :action => "order" }) %>
+      #
+      # In the example, the action gets a "my_list" array parameter 
+      # containing the values of the ids of elements the sortable consists 
+      # of, in the current order.
+      #
+      # Important: For this to work, the sortable elements must have id
+      # attributes in the form "string_identifier". For example, "item_1". Only
+      # the identifier part of the id attribute will be serialized.
+      #
+      #
+      # You can change the behaviour with various options, see
+      # http://script.aculo.us for more documentation.
+      def sortable_element(element_id, options = {})
+        javascript_tag(sortable_element_js(element_id, options).chop!)
+      end
+      
+      def sortable_element_js(element_id, options = {}) #:nodoc:
+        options[:with]     ||= "Sortable.serialize(#{element_id.to_json})"
+        options[:onUpdate] ||= "function(){" + remote_function(options) + "}"
+        options.delete_if { |key, value| PrototypeHelper::AJAX_OPTIONS.include?(key) }
+  
+        [:tag, :overlap, :constraint, :handle].each do |option|
+          options[option] = "'#{options[option]}'" if options[option]
+        end
+  
+        options[:containment] = array_or_string_for_javascript(options[:containment]) if options[:containment]
+        options[:only] = array_or_string_for_javascript(options[:only]) if options[:only]
+  
+        %(Sortable.create(#{element_id.to_json}, #{options_for_javascript(options)});)
+      end
+
+      # Makes the element with the DOM ID specified by +element_id+ draggable.
+      #
+      # Example:
+      #   <%= draggable_element("my_image", :revert => true)
+      # 
+      # You can change the behaviour with various options, see
+      # http://script.aculo.us for more documentation.
+      def draggable_element(element_id, options = {})
+        javascript_tag(draggable_element_js(element_id, options).chop!)
+      end
+      
+      def draggable_element_js(element_id, options = {}) #:nodoc:
+        %(new Draggable(#{element_id.to_json}, #{options_for_javascript(options)});)
+      end
+
+      # Makes the element with the DOM ID specified by +element_id+ receive
+      # dropped draggable elements (created by draggable_element).
+      # and make an AJAX call  By default, the action called gets the DOM ID 
+      # of the element as parameter.
+      #
+      # Example:
+      #   <%= drop_receiving_element("my_cart", :url => 
+      #     { :controller => "cart", :action => "add" }) %>
+      #
+      # You can change the behaviour with various options, see
+      # http://script.aculo.us for more documentation.
+      def drop_receiving_element(element_id, options = {})
+        javascript_tag(drop_receiving_element_js(element_id, options).chop!)
+      end
+      
+      def drop_receiving_element_js(element_id, options = {}) #:nodoc:
+        options[:with]     ||= "'id=' + encodeURIComponent(element.id)"
+        options[:onDrop]   ||= "function(element){" + remote_function(options) + "}"
+        options.delete_if { |key, value| PrototypeHelper::AJAX_OPTIONS.include?(key) }
+
+        options[:accept] = array_or_string_for_javascript(options[:accept]) if options[:accept]    
+        options[:hoverclass] = "'#{options[:hoverclass]}'" if options[:hoverclass]
+        
+        %(Droppables.add(#{element_id.to_json}, #{options_for_javascript(options)});)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/tag_helper.rb

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+require 'cgi'
+require 'erb'
+
+module ActionView
+  module Helpers #:nodoc:
+    # Use these methods to generate HTML tags programmatically when you can't use
+    # a Builder. By default, they output XHTML compliant tags.
+    module TagHelper
+      include ERB::Util
+
+      # Returns an empty HTML tag of type +name+ which by default is XHTML 
+      # compliant. Setting +open+ to true will create an open tag compatible 
+      # with HTML 4.0 and below. Add HTML attributes by passing an attributes 
+      # hash to +options+. For attributes with no value like (disabled and 
+      # readonly), give it a value of true in the +options+ hash. You can use
+      # symbols or strings for the attribute names.
+      #
+      #   tag("br")
+      #    # => <br />
+      #   tag("br", nil, true)
+      #    # => <br>
+      #   tag("input", { :type => 'text', :disabled => true }) 
+      #    # => <input type="text" disabled="disabled" />
+      def tag(name, options = nil, open = false)
+        "<#{name}#{tag_options(options) if options}" + (open ? ">" : " />")
+      end
+
+      # Returns an HTML block tag of type +name+ surrounding the +content+. Add
+      # HTML attributes by passing an attributes hash to +options+. For attributes 
+      # with no value like (disabled and readonly), give it a value of true in 
+      # the +options+ hash. You can use symbols or strings for the attribute names.
+      #
+      #   content_tag(:p, "Hello world!")
+      #    # => <p>Hello world!</p>
+      #   content_tag(:div, content_tag(:p, "Hello world!"), :class => "strong")
+      #    # => <div class="strong"><p>Hello world!</p></div>
+      #   content_tag("select", options, :multiple => true)
+      #    # => <select multiple="multiple">...options...</select>
+      #
+      # Instead of passing the content as an argument, you can also use a block
+      # in which case, you pass your +options+ as the second parameter.
+      #
+      #   <% content_tag :div, :class => "strong" do -%>
+      #     Hello world!
+      #   <% end -%>
+      #    # => <div class="strong"><p>Hello world!</p></div>
+      def content_tag(name, content_or_options_with_block = nil, options = nil, &block)
+        if block_given?
+          options = content_or_options_with_block if content_or_options_with_block.is_a?(Hash)
+          content = capture(&block)
+          content_tag = content_tag_string(name, content, options)
+          block_is_within_action_view?(block) ? concat(content_tag, block.binding) : content_tag
+        else
+          content = content_or_options_with_block
+          content_tag_string(name, content, options)
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Returns a CDATA section with the given +content+.  CDATA sections
+      # are used to escape blocks of text containing characters which would
+      # otherwise be recognized as markup. CDATA sections begin with the string
+      # <tt><![CDATA[</tt> and end with (and may not contain) the string <tt>]]></tt>.
+      #
+      #   cdata_section("<hello world>")
+      #    # => <![CDATA[<hello world>]]>
+      def cdata_section(content)
+        "<![CDATA[#{content}]]>"
+      end
+
+      # Returns the escaped +html+ without affecting existing escaped entities.
+      #
+      #   escape_once("1 > 2 &amp; 3")
+      #    # => "1 &lt; 2 &amp; 3"
+      def escape_once(html)
+        fix_double_escape(html_escape(html.to_s))
+      end
+
+      private
+        def content_tag_string(name, content, options)
+          tag_options = options ? tag_options(options) : ""
+          "<#{name}#{tag_options}>#{content}</#{name}>"
+        end
+      
+        def tag_options(options)
+          cleaned_options = convert_booleans(options.stringify_keys.reject {|key, value| value.nil?})
+          ' ' + cleaned_options.map {|key, value| %(#{key}="#{escape_once(value)}")}.sort * ' ' unless cleaned_options.empty?
+        end
+
+        def convert_booleans(options)
+          %w( disabled readonly multiple ).each { |a| boolean_attribute(options, a) }
+          options
+        end
+
+        def boolean_attribute(options, attribute)
+          options[attribute] ? options[attribute] = attribute : options.delete(attribute)
+        end
+        
+        # Fix double-escaped entities, such as &amp;amp;, &amp;#123;, etc.
+        def fix_double_escape(escaped)
+          escaped.gsub(/&amp;([a-z]+|(#\d+));/i) { "&#{$1};" }
+        end
+        
+        def block_is_within_action_view?(block)
+          eval("defined? _erbout", block.binding)
+        end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/text_helper.rb

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+require 'action_view/helpers/tag_helper'
+require 'html/document'
+
+module ActionView
+  module Helpers #:nodoc:
+    # The TextHelper Module provides a set of methods for filtering, formatting 
+    # and transforming strings that can reduce the amount of inline Ruby code in 
+    # your views. These helper methods extend ActionView making them callable 
+    # within your template files as shown in the following example which truncates
+    # the title of each post to 10 characters.
+    #
+    #   <% @posts.each do |post| %>
+    #     # post == 'This is my title'
+    #     Title: <%= truncate(post.title, 10) %>
+    #   <% end %>
+    #    => Title: This is my...
+    module TextHelper      
+      # The preferred method of outputting text in your views is to use the 
+      # <%= "text" %> eRuby syntax. The regular _puts_ and _print_ methods 
+      # do not operate as expected in an eRuby code block. If you absolutely must 
+      # output text within a code block, you can use the concat method.
+      #
+      #   <% concat "hello", binding %>
+      # is equivalent to using:
+      #   <%= "hello" %>
+      def concat(string, binding)
+        eval(ActionView::Base.erb_variable, binding) << string
+      end
+
+      # If +text+ is longer than +length+, +text+ will be truncated to the length of 
+      # +length+ and the last three characters will be replaced with the +truncate_string+.
+      #
+      #   truncate("Once upon a time in a world far far away", 14)  
+      #    => Once upon a...
+      def truncate(text, length = 30, truncate_string = "...")
+        if text.nil? then return end
+        l = length - truncate_string.chars.length
+        (text.chars.length > length ? text.chars[0...l] + truncate_string : text).to_s
+      end
+
+      # Highlights one or more +phrases+ everywhere in +text+ by inserting it into
+      # a +highlighter+ string. The highlighter can be specialized by passing +highlighter+ 
+      # as a single-quoted string with \1 where the phrase is to be inserted.
+      #
+      #   highlight('You searched for: rails', 'rails')  
+      #   # => You searched for: <strong class="highlight">rails</strong>
+      #
+      #   highlight('You searched for: rails', ['for', 'rails'], '<em>\1</em>')  
+      #   # => You searched <em>for</em>: <em>rails</em>
+      def highlight(text, phrases, highlighter = '<strong class="highlight">\1</strong>')
+        if text.blank? || phrases.blank?
+          text
+        else
+          match = Array(phrases).map { |p| Regexp.escape(p) }.join('|')
+          text.gsub(/(#{match})/i, highlighter)
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Extracts an excerpt from +text+ that matches the first instance of +phrase+. 
+      # The +radius+ expands the excerpt on each side of +phrase+ by the number of characters
+      # defined in +radius+. If the excerpt radius overflows the beginning or end of the +text+,
+      # then the +excerpt_string+ will be prepended/appended accordingly. If the +phrase+ 
+      # isn't found, nil is returned.
+      #
+      #   excerpt('This is an example', 'an', 5) 
+      #    => "...s is an examp..."
+      #
+      #   excerpt('This is an example', 'is', 5) 
+      #    => "This is an..."
+      def excerpt(text, phrase, radius = 100, excerpt_string = "...")
+        if text.nil? || phrase.nil? then return end
+        phrase = Regexp.escape(phrase)
+
+        if found_pos = text.chars =~ /(#{phrase})/i
+          start_pos = [ found_pos - radius, 0 ].max
+          end_pos   = [ found_pos + phrase.chars.length + radius, text.chars.length ].min
+
+          prefix  = start_pos > 0 ? excerpt_string : ""
+          postfix = end_pos < text.chars.length ? excerpt_string : ""
+
+          prefix + text.chars[start_pos..end_pos].strip + postfix
+        else
+          nil
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Attempts to pluralize the +singular+ word unless +count+ is 1. If +plural+
+      # is supplied, it will use that when count is > 1, if the ActiveSupport Inflector 
+      # is loaded, it will use the Inflector to determine the plural form, otherwise 
+      # it will just add an 's' to the +singular+ word.
+      #
+      #   pluralize(1, 'person')  => 1 person
+      #   pluralize(2, 'person')  => 2 people
+      #   pluralize(3, 'person', 'users')  => 3 users
+      def pluralize(count, singular, plural = nil)
+         "#{count || 0} " + if count == 1 || count == '1'
+          singular
+        elsif plural
+          plural
+        elsif Object.const_defined?("Inflector")
+          Inflector.pluralize(singular)
+        else
+          singular + "s"
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Wraps the +text+ into lines no longer than +line_width+ width. This method
+      # breaks on the first whitespace character that does not exceed +line_width+.
+      #
+      #   word_wrap('Once upon a time', 4)
+      #    => Once\nupon\na\ntime
+      def word_wrap(text, line_width = 80)
+        text.gsub(/\n/, "\n\n").gsub(/(.{1,#{line_width}})(\s+|$)/, "\\1\n").strip
+      end
+
+      begin
+        require_library_or_gem "redcloth" unless Object.const_defined?(:RedCloth)
+
+        # Returns the text with all the Textile codes turned into HTML tags.
+        # <i>This method is only available if RedCloth[http://whytheluckystiff.net/ruby/redcloth/]
+        # is available</i>.
+        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
+
+        # Returns the text with all the Textile codes turned into HTML tags, 
+        # but without the bounding <p> tag that RedCloth adds.
+        # <i>This method is only available if RedCloth[http://whytheluckystiff.net/ruby/redcloth/]
+        # is available</i>.
+        def textilize_without_paragraph(text)
+          textiled = textilize(text)
+          if textiled[0..2] == "<p>" then textiled = textiled[3..-1] end
+          if textiled[-4..-1] == "</p>" then textiled = textiled[0..-5] end
+          return textiled
+        end
+      rescue LoadError
+        # We can't really help what's not there
+      end
+
+      begin
+        require_library_or_gem "bluecloth" unless Object.const_defined?(:BlueCloth)
+
+        # Returns the text with all the Markdown codes turned into HTML tags.
+        # <i>This method is only available if BlueCloth[http://www.deveiate.org/projects/BlueCloth]
+        # is available</i>.
+        def markdown(text)
+          text.blank? ? "" : BlueCloth.new(text).to_html
+        end
+      rescue LoadError
+        # We can't really help what's not there
+      end
+      
+      # Returns +text+ transformed into HTML using simple formatting rules.
+      # Two or more consecutive newlines(<tt>\n\n</tt>) are considered as a 
+      # paragraph and wrapped in <tt><p></tt> tags. One newline (<tt>\n</tt>) is
+      # considered as a linebreak and a <tt><br /></tt> tag is appended. This
+      # method does not remove the newlines from the +text+. 
+      def simple_format(text)
+        content_tag 'p', text.to_s.
+          gsub(/\r\n?/, "\n").                    # \r\n and \r -> \n
+          gsub(/\n\n+/, "</p>\n\n<p>").           # 2+ newline  -> paragraph
+          gsub(/([^\n]\n)(?=[^\n])/, '\1<br />')  # 1 newline   -> br
+      end
+
+      # Turns all urls and email addresses into clickable links. The +link+ parameter 
+      # will limit what should be linked. You can add html attributes to the links using
+      # +href_options+. Options for +link+ are <tt>:all</tt> (default), 
+      # <tt>:email_addresses</tt>, and <tt>:urls</tt>.
+      #
+      #   auto_link("Go to http://www.rubyonrails.org and say hello to david@loudthinking.com") =>
+      #     Go to <a href="http://www.rubyonrails.org">http://www.rubyonrails.org</a> and
+      #     say hello to <a href="mailto:david@loudthinking.com">david@loudthinking.com</a>
+      #
+      # If a block is given, each url and email address is yielded and the
+      # result is used as the link text.
+      #
+      #   auto_link(post.body, :all, :target => '_blank') do |text|
+      #     truncate(text, 15)
+      #   end
+      def auto_link(text, link = :all, href_options = {}, &block)
+        return '' if text.blank?
+        case link
+          when :all             then auto_link_urls(auto_link_email_addresses(text, &block), href_options, &block)
+          when :email_addresses then auto_link_email_addresses(text, &block)
+          when :urls            then auto_link_urls(text, href_options, &block)
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Strips link tags from +text+ leaving just the link label.
+      #
+      #   strip_links('<a href="http://www.rubyonrails.org">Ruby on Rails</a>')
+      #    => Ruby on Rails
+      def strip_links(text)
+        text.gsub(/<a\b.*?>(.*?)<\/a>/mi, '\1')
+      end
+
+      VERBOTEN_TAGS = %w(form script plaintext) unless defined?(VERBOTEN_TAGS)
+      VERBOTEN_ATTRS = /^on/i unless defined?(VERBOTEN_ATTRS)
+
+      # Sanitizes the +html+ by converting <form> and <script> tags into regular
+      # text, and removing all "onxxx" attributes (so that arbitrary Javascript
+      # cannot be executed). It also removes href= and src= attributes that start with
+      # "javascript:". You can modify what gets sanitized by defining VERBOTEN_TAGS
+      # and VERBOTEN_ATTRS before this Module is loaded.
+      #
+      #   sanitize('<script> do_nasty_stuff() </script>')
+      #    => &lt;script> do_nasty_stuff() &lt;/script>
+      #   sanitize('<a href="javascript: sucker();">Click here for $100</a>')
+      #    => <a>Click here for $100</a>
+      def sanitize(html)
+        # only do this if absolutely necessary
+        if html.index("<")
+          tokenizer = HTML::Tokenizer.new(html)
+          new_text = ""
+
+          while token = tokenizer.next
+            node = HTML::Node.parse(nil, 0, 0, token, false)
+            new_text << case node
+              when HTML::Tag
+                if VERBOTEN_TAGS.include?(node.name)
+                  node.to_s.gsub(/</, "&lt;")
+                else
+                  if node.closing != :close
+                    node.attributes.delete_if { |attr,v| attr =~ VERBOTEN_ATTRS }
+                    %w(href src).each do |attr|
+                      node.attributes.delete attr if node.attributes[attr] =~ /^javascript:/i
+                    end
+                  end
+                  node.to_s
+                end
+              else
+                node.to_s.gsub(/</, "&lt;")
+            end
+          end
+
+          html = new_text
+        end
+
+        html
+      end
+      
+      # Strips all HTML tags from the +html+, including comments.  This uses the 
+      # html-scanner tokenizer and so its HTML parsing ability is limited by 
+      # that of html-scanner.
+      def strip_tags(html)     
+        return html if html.blank?
+        if html.index("<")
+          text = ""
+          tokenizer = HTML::Tokenizer.new(html)
+
+          while token = tokenizer.next
+            node = HTML::Node.parse(nil, 0, 0, token, false)
+            # result is only the content of any Text nodes
+            text << node.to_s if node.class == HTML::Text  
+          end
+          # strip any comments, and if they have a newline at the end (ie. line with
+          # only a comment) strip that too
+          text.gsub(/<!--(.*?)-->[\n]?/m, "") 
+        else
+          html # already plain text
+        end 
+      end
+      
+      # Creates a Cycle object whose _to_s_ method cycles through elements of an
+      # array every time it is called. This can be used for example, to alternate 
+      # classes for table rows:
+      #
+      #   <% @items.each do |item| %>
+      #     <tr class="<%= cycle("even", "odd") -%>">
+      #       <td>item</td>
+      #     </tr>
+      #   <% end %>
+      #
+      # You can use named cycles to allow nesting in loops.  Passing a Hash as 
+      # the last parameter with a <tt>:name</tt> key will create a named cycle.
+      # You can manually reset a cycle by calling reset_cycle and passing the 
+      # name of the cycle.
+      #
+      #   <% @items.each do |item| %>
+      #     <tr class="<%= cycle("even", "odd", :name => "row_class")
+      #       <td>
+      #         <% item.values.each do |value| %>
+      #           <span style="color:<%= cycle("red", "green", "blue", :name => "colors") -%>">
+      #             value
+      #           </span>
+      #         <% end %>
+      #         <% reset_cycle("colors") %>
+      #       </td>
+      #    </tr>
+      #  <% end %>
+      def cycle(first_value, *values)
+        if (values.last.instance_of? Hash)
+          params = values.pop
+          name = params[:name]
+        else
+          name = "default"
+        end
+        values.unshift(first_value)
+
+        cycle = get_cycle(name)
+        if (cycle.nil? || cycle.values != values)
+          cycle = set_cycle(name, Cycle.new(*values))
+        end
+        return cycle.to_s
+      end
+      
+      # Resets a cycle so that it starts from the first element the next time 
+      # it is called. Pass in +name+ to reset a named cycle.
+      def reset_cycle(name = "default")
+        cycle = get_cycle(name)
+        cycle.reset unless cycle.nil?
+      end
+
+      class Cycle #:nodoc:
+        attr_reader :values
+        
+        def initialize(first_value, *values)
+          @values = values.unshift(first_value)
+          reset
+        end
+        
+        def reset
+          @index = 0
+        end
+
+        def to_s
+          value = @values[@index].to_s
+          @index = (@index + 1) % @values.size
+          return value
+        end
+      end
+      
+      private
+        # The cycle helpers need to store the cycles in a place that is
+        # guaranteed to be reset every time a page is rendered, so it
+        # uses an instance variable of ActionView::Base.
+        def get_cycle(name)
+          @_cycles = Hash.new unless defined?(@_cycles)
+          return @_cycles[name]
+        end
+        
+        def set_cycle(name, cycle_object)
+          @_cycles = Hash.new unless defined?(@_cycles)
+          @_cycles[name] = cycle_object
+        end
+
+        AUTO_LINK_RE = %r{
+                        (                          # leading text
+                          <\w+.*?>|                # leading HTML tag, or
+                          [^=!:'"/]|               # leading punctuation, or 
+                          ^                        # beginning of line
+                        )
+                        (
+                          (?:https?://)|           # protocol spec, or
+                          (?:www\.)                # www.*
+                        ) 
+                        (
+                          [-\w]+                   # subdomain or domain
+                          (?:\.[-\w]+)*            # remaining subdomains or domain
+                          (?::\d+)?                # port
+                          (?:/(?:(?:[~\w\+%-]|(?:[,.;:][^\s$]))+)?)* # path
+                          (?:\?[\w\+%&=.;-]+)?     # query string
+                          (?:\#[\w\-]*)?           # trailing anchor
+                        )
+                        ([[:punct:]]|\s|<|$)       # trailing text
+                       }x unless const_defined?(:AUTO_LINK_RE)
+
+        # Turns all urls into clickable links.  If a block is given, each url
+        # is yielded and the result is used as the link text.
+        def auto_link_urls(text, href_options = {})
+          extra_options = tag_options(href_options.stringify_keys) || ""
+          text.gsub(AUTO_LINK_RE) do
+            all, a, b, c, d = $&, $1, $2, $3, $4
+            if a =~ /<a\s/i # don't replace URL's that are already linked
+              all
+            else
+              text = b + c
+              text = yield(text) if block_given?
+              %(#{a}<a href="#{b=="www."?"http://www.":b}#{c}"#{extra_options}>#{text}</a>#{d})
+            end
+          end
+        end
+
+        # Turns all email addresses into clickable links.  If a block is given,
+        # each email is yielded and the result is used as the link text.
+        def auto_link_email_addresses(text)
+          text.gsub(/([\w\.!#\$%\-+.]+@[A-Za-z0-9\-]+(\.[A-Za-z0-9\-]+)+)/) do
+            text = $1
+            text = yield(text) if block_given?
+            %{<a href="mailto:#{$1}">#{text}</a>}
+          end
+        end
+    end
+  end
+end