var options = { attributes: { rel: 'nofollow', title: 'click to open', }, className: '', format: { url: function (value) { return value } }, ignoreTags: ['a'], validate: { url: function (value) { return value; } } }; var str = `Catherine (Murphy) and I met Lisa Brawley and Sam Speers for dinner. Brice and Helen Marden, who own the restaurant came in and Brice came over and to say hello. Brice and Catherine had been on a panel together some time ago. The food was very good. I had a spaghetti with Maryland crab, Sam had Duck, and Cathy and Lisa had fish.`; document.write(linkifyHtml(str, options)); ]]>