Hyperlinking Standalone URLs

ok -- I plan on migrating to 4.7 eventually after testing, but I'm at 4.6.6 now. I'll look at the 4.7 code to see if there's an easy way to backport the solution to my version as a temporary fix.

I tried pasting the URL pattern-matching logic from 4.7 into the 4.6 module, but it didn't work.

Naudefj -- when you tried it on your install, was the hyperlink completely on its own line, with only space above and below, like this:

http://www.cnn.com

On my 4.6 machine, the hyperlink problem only shows up if the link appears on its own line, without text above or below. If it immediately follows a block of text, say like this...
http://www.cnn.com

...then the link works.

This did the trick -- thanks!

One more problem child -- hyperlinks that appear within parenthesis don't get hyperlinked, e.g.: (http://www.test.com)

thanks. that worked.