@@ -156,6 +156,15 @@ module Helpers

   # My added helpers

+  def to_html_email(address)

+    email = string_to_html(address)

+    "<a href=\"#{string_to_html('mailto:')}#{email}\">#{email}</a>"

+  end

+

+  def string_to_html(s)

+    s.strip.unpack("C*").map{|ch| "&#" + ch.to_s + ";" }.to_s

+  end

+  

   def show_part (file)

     data = ''

     f = File.open(Dir.pwd+"/source/"+file)