smr/src/lua/parser_plain.lua

--Characters to escape in the body text
local escapes = {
	["&"] = "&",
	["<"] = "&lt;",
	[">"] = "&gt;",
	['"'] = "&quot;",
	["'"] = "&#39;",
	--Kinda hacky
	["\n"] = "<br/>",
}
local esctbl = {}
for char,_ in pairs(escapes) do
	table.insert(esctbl,char)
end
local escapematch = string.format("([%s])",table.concat(esctbl))

local function sanitize(capture)
	return escapes[capture] or capture
end
return function(text)
	text = string.gsub(text,escapematch,sanitize)
	--text = string.gsub(text,"\n\n","<p>")
	return text
end