{
GString *string = user_data;
gchar *real_url;
+ gchar *str;
/* Append the link inside <a href=""></a> tag */
real_url = empathy_make_absolute_url_len (text, len);
g_string_append_printf (string, "<a href=\"%s\">", real_url);
- g_string_append_len (string, text, len);
+
+ /* The thing we are making a link of may contain
+ * characters which need escaping */
+ str = g_markup_escape_text (text, len);
+ g_string_append (string, str);
+ g_free (str);
+
g_string_append (string, "</a>");
g_free (real_url);