Index: src/util.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/gaim/gaim/src/util.c,v
retrieving revision 1.318
diff -u -p -r1.318 util.c
--- src/util.c	19 Aug 2004 01:45:30 -0000	1.318
+++ src/util.c	19 Aug 2004 14:10:38 -0000
@@ -1653,11 +1653,13 @@ gaim_markup_linkify(const char *text)
 char *
 gaim_escape_html(const char *html) {
 	const char *c = html;
-	GString *ret = g_string_new("");
+	GString *ret;
 
 	if (html == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 
+	ret = g_string_new("");
+
 	while (*c) {
 		switch (*c) {
 			case '&':
@@ -1672,6 +1674,9 @@ gaim_escape_html(const char *html) {
 			case '"':
 				ret = g_string_append(ret, """);
 				break;
+			case '\n':
+				ret = g_string_append(ret, "<br>");
+				break;
 			default:
 				ret = g_string_append_c(ret, *c);
 		}