# Does anyone use RedCloth to allow end user input?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-anyone-use-redcloth-to-allow-end-user-input/95378>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 17, 2006, 3:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-anyone-use-redcloth-to-allow-end-user-input/95378 "2006-01-17T03:37:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paulbutcher)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 3:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-anyone-use-redcloth-to-allow-end-user-input/95378/1 "2006-01-17T03:37:41Z")

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I was hoping to use RedCloth for textilize support to allow end users to  
enter textilized text (In blog comments, for example), but these bugs  
seem  
to make RedCloth unsuitable for that purpose:

[http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2989&group\_id=216&atid=891](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2989&group_id=216&atid=891)  
[http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1779&group\_id=216&atid=891](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1779&group_id=216&atid=891)  
[http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2474&group\_id=216&atid=891](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2474&group_id=216&atid=891)

What is everyone else using to allow end users to enter text that can be  
converted into HTML without risking breaking the page?

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**Author:** ![paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paulbutcher)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-anyone-use-redcloth-to-allow-end-user-input/95378/2 "2006-01-17T15:24:44Z")

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Yeah, I was acutally looking into that. I’ll let you know if I find  
anything.

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**Author:** ![paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@paulbutcher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/paulbutcher)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 2:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/does-anyone-use-redcloth-to-allow-end-user-input/95378/3 "2006-01-17T14:33:34Z")

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On 17/01/06, Paul B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:  
[http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2989&group\_id=216&atid=891](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2989&group_id=216&atid=891)

> [http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1779&group\_id=216&atid=891](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1779&group_id=216&atid=891)  
> [http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2474&group\_id=216&atid=891](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2474&group_id=216&atid=891)

Typo will let you enable Redcloth in comments. Might be worth seeing  
how (if?) they work around this…

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