--- a/pidgin/gtkimhtml.c Fri Apr 03 02:42:56 2009 +0000 +++ b/pidgin/gtkimhtml.c Sun Apr 05 21:49:01 2009 +0000 @@ -3320,7 +3320,8 @@ pos++; } else if ((pos == 0 || wpos == 0 || isspace(*(c - 1))) && (len_protocol = gtk_imhtml_is_protocol(c)) > 0 && - c[len_protocol] && !isspace(c[len_protocol])) { + c[len_protocol] && !isspace(c[len_protocol]) && + (c[len_protocol] != '<' || !gtk_imhtml_is_tag(c + 1, NULL, NULL, NULL))) { br = FALSE; if (wpos > 0) { gtk_text_buffer_insert(imhtml->text_buffer, iter, ws, wpos);