Mentions don't include @ character about twitter-text HOT 3 CLOSED

Reading the code I found a way to do this.

twttr.txt.autoLink('foo test @foo',  { usernameIncludeSymbol: true } );

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Awesome, I don't know how I've missed that. Thanks a bunch!

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@foo renders on Twitter as:

<a href="https://twitter.com/foo/"><s>&#64;</s><b>foo</b></a>

They then use CSS to underline 'a b' when hovering, and never to underline the 'a s'.

a b:hover {
   text-decoration: underline
}

a s {
   text-decoration: none
}

Check out example here: https://jsfiddle.net/MongooseOnTheMoon/Lq5kv04m/

Maybe there should be an alternative autoLink() function which renders it so it can be displayed properly?

[Note there seems to be a bug on GitHub... escaping an @ symbol as @ etc doesn't work. It still picks it up as a potential username. The hash symbol also can't be escaped when you don't want it to be thought of as a hashtag]

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