- (?<![[|"/>=]) # try to avoid expanding non-links
- # with a zero width negative lookbehind for
- # characters that suggest it's not a link
- \b # word boundry
+ (?<![^A-Za-z0-9\s]) # try to avoid expanding non-links
+ # with a zero width negative
+ # lookbehind for characters that
+ # suggest it's not a link
+ \b # word boundry