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 = `Kevin (who gave me his last name but I can't find where I wrote it down) delivered salt here for the first time. For the past many years Aaron Strang delivered the salt. Kevin mention that Aaron is not delivering but is doing work in the office.`; document.write(linkifyHtml(str, options)); ]]>