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kfet/templatetags/kfet_tags.py

@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-from __future__ import (absolute_import, division,
-                        print_function, unicode_literals)
-from builtins import *
-
 from django import template
 from django.utils.html import escape
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
-from django.core.cache import cache
 from kfet.models import Settings
 import re
 
 register = template.Library()
 
+
+@register.filter()
 def highlight_text(text, q):
     q2 = "|".join(q.split())
     pattern = re.compile(r"(?P<filter>%s)" % q2, re.IGNORECASE)
-    return mark_safe(re.sub(pattern, r"<span class='highlight_autocomplete'>\g<filter></span>", text))
+    return mark_safe(
+        re.sub(pattern,
+               r"<span class='highlight_autocomplete'>\g<filter></span>",
+               escape(text)))
+
 
 @register.filter(is_safe=True)
 def highlight_user(user, q):
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ def highlight_user(user, q):
         text = "%s %s (%s)" % (user.first_name, user.last_name, user.username)
     else:
         text = user.username
-    return highlight_text(escape(text), q)
+    return highlight_text(text, q)
+
 
 @register.filter(is_safe=True)
 def highlight_clipper(clipper, q):
@@ -32,7 +34,8 @@ def highlight_clipper(clipper, q):
         text = "%s (%s)" % (clipper.fullname, clipper.username)
     else:
         text = clipper.username
-    return highlight_text(escape(text), q)
+    return highlight_text(text, q)
+
 
 @register.filter()
 def ukf(balance, is_cof):