Safe NL2BR filter for Angular, compatible with linky. Transforms newlines ( \n) into HTML <br /> tags.

angular.filters.nl2br.coffee

# nl2br linky-compatible Angular filter
# CoffeeScript Version (available in JS)
#
# Sample usage in html template:
# "xxx | nl2br"
# <div ng-bind-html=" YourString | nl2br "></div>


angular.module('nl2brFilter', []).filter('nl2br', ['$sanitize', ($sanitize) ->
  tag = '<br />'
  return (msg) ->
    # ngSanitize's linky filter changes \r and \n to &#10; and &#13; respectively
    msg = (msg + '').replace(/(\r\n|\n\r|\r|\n|&#10;&#13;|&#13;&#10;|&#10;|&#13;)/g, tag + '$1')
    return $sanitize(msg)
])

angular.filters.nl2br.js

// nl2br linky-compatible Angular filter
// JS Version (available in CoffeeScript)
//
// Sample usage in html template:
// "xxx | nl2br"
// <div ng-bind-html=" YourString | nl2br "></div>


angular.module('myModule')
.filter('nl2br', ['$sanitize', function($sanitize) {
	var tag = '<br />';
	return function(msg) {
		// ngSanitize's linky filter changes \r and \n to &#10; and &#13; respectively
		msg = (msg + '').replace(/(\r\n|\n\r|\r|\n|&#10;&#13;|&#13;&#10;|&#10;|&#13;)/g, tag + '$1');
		return $sanitize(msg);
	};
}]);