Treat all newly entered blocks of text as Markdown

app/models/diary_comment.rb

@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ class DiaryComment < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   attr_accessible :body
 
+  after_initialize :set_defaults
+
+  def body
+    RichText.new(read_attribute(:body_format), read_attribute(:body))
+  end
+
   def digest
     md5 = Digest::MD5.new
     md5 << diary_entry_id.to_s
@@ -15,4 +21,10 @@ class DiaryComment < ActiveRecord::Base
     md5 << body
     md5.hexdigest
   end
+
+private
+
+  def set_defaults
+    self.body_format = "markdown" unless self.attribute_present?(:body_format)
+  end
 end

app/models/diary_entry.rb

@@ -25,4 +25,16 @@ class DiaryEntry < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates_associated :language
 
   attr_accessible :title, :body, :language_code, :latitude, :longitude
+
+  after_initialize :set_defaults
+
+  def body
+    RichText.new(read_attribute(:body_format), read_attribute(:body))
+  end
+
+private
+
+  def set_defaults
+    self.body_format = "markdown" unless self.attribute_present?(:body_format)
+  end
 end

app/models/message.rb

@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ class Message < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   attr_accessible :title, :body
 
+  after_initialize :set_defaults
+
+  def body
+    RichText.new(read_attribute(:body_format), read_attribute(:body))
+  end
+
   def digest
     md5 = Digest::MD5.new
     md5 << from_user_id.to_s
@@ -20,4 +26,10 @@ class Message < ActiveRecord::Base
     md5 << body
     md5.hexdigest
   end
+
+private
+
+  def set_defaults
+    self.body_format = "markdown" unless self.attribute_present?(:body_format)
+  end
 end

app/models/user.rb

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   attr_accessible :display_name, :email, :email_confirmation, :openid_url,
                   :pass_crypt, :pass_crypt_confirmation, :consider_pd
 
-  after_initialize :set_creation_time
+  after_initialize :set_defaults
   before_save :encrypt_password
 
   has_attached_file :image, 
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
     return el1
   end
 
+  def description
+    RichText.new(read_attribute(:description_format), read_attribute(:description))
+  end
+
   def languages
     attribute_present?(:languages) ? read_attribute(:languages).split(/ *, */) : []
   end
@@ -220,8 +224,9 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
 
 private
 
-  def set_creation_time
+  def set_defaults
     self.creation_time = Time.now.getutc unless self.attribute_present?(:creation_time)
+    self.description_format = "markdown" unless self.attribute_present?(:description_format)
   end
 
   def encrypt_password

app/models/user_block.rb

@@ -5,8 +5,16 @@ class UserBlock < ActiveRecord::Base
   belongs_to :creator, :class_name => "User", :foreign_key => :creator_id
   belongs_to :revoker, :class_name => "User", :foreign_key => :revoker_id
   
+  after_initialize :set_defaults
+
   PERIODS = USER_BLOCK_PERIODS
 
+  ##
+  # return a renderable version of the reason text.
+  def reason
+    RichText.new(read_attribute(:reason_format), read_attribute(:reason))
+  end
+
   ##
   # returns true if the block is currently active (i.e: the user can't
   # use the API).
@@ -25,7 +33,14 @@ class UserBlock < ActiveRecord::Base
     }, :without_protection => true)
   end
 
-  private
+private
+
+  ##
+  # set default values for new records.
+  def set_defaults
+    self.reason_format = "markdown" unless self.attribute_present?(:reason_format)
+  end
+
   ##
   # validate that only moderators are allowed to change the
   # block. this should be caught and dealt with in the controller,