--- /home/hxss/xfce4-notifyd-origin/xfce4-notifyd/xfce4-notifyd/xfce-notify-window.c	2018-03-03 16:47:55.848318085 +0500
+++ src/xfce4-notifyd/xfce4-notifyd/xfce-notify-window.c	2018-03-03 17:28:29.074352392 +0500
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 #include "xfce-notify-window.h"
 #include "xfce-notify-enum-types.h"
 
+#include <syslog.h>
+
 #define DEFAULT_EXPIRE_TIMEOUT 10000
 #define DEFAULT_NORMAL_OPACITY 0.85
 #define DEFAULT_DO_FADEOUT     TRUE
@@ -747,10 +749,84 @@
         gtk_widget_queue_draw(GTK_WIDGET(window));
 }
 
+static gboolean
+eval_ascii (const GMatchInfo *info,
+	GString          *res,
+	gpointer          data)
+{
+	gchar *ascii_code = g_match_info_fetch (info, 1);
+
+	gchar* c = calloc(2, sizeof(gchar));
+	c[0] = strtoul(ascii_code, NULL, 16); // convert string with ascii_code of char into char
+	c[1] = '\0';
+
+	g_string_append (res, c);
+	g_free(ascii_code);
+	g_free(c);
+
+	return FALSE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+eval_ahref (const GMatchInfo *info,
+	GString          *res,
+	gpointer          data)
+{
+	gchar *ahrefs = g_match_info_fetch (info, 1); // ahref start
+	gchar *link   = g_match_info_fetch (info, 2); // link
+	gchar *ahrefe = g_match_info_fetch (info, 3); // ahref end
+
+	// replace ascii_codes by chars
+	GRegex *reg_ascii = g_regex_new ("%(\\w{2})", 0, 0, NULL);
+	link = g_regex_replace_eval (reg_ascii, link, -1, 0, 0, eval_ascii, NULL, NULL);
+	g_regex_unref (reg_ascii);
+
+	// TEST: replace '&' by '&amp;'(from error logs)
+	GRegex *reg_amp = g_regex_new ("&", 0, 0, NULL);
+	link = g_regex_replace (reg_amp, link, -1, 0, "&amp;", 0, NULL);
+	g_regex_unref (reg_amp);
+
+	// use "http://" as default protocol for links without specified protocol
+	GRegex *reg_protocol = g_regex_new ("^(\\w+:\\/\\/)(.*)", 0, 0, NULL);
+	if (!g_regex_match (reg_protocol, link, 0, NULL)) {
+		gchar *new_link = calloc((strlen(link)+8)/sizeof(gchar),sizeof(gchar));
+		g_sprintf(new_link, "http://%s", link);
+		g_free(link);
+		link = new_link;
+	}
+	g_regex_unref (reg_protocol);
+
+	gchar *r = calloc(
+		(strlen(ahrefs) + strlen(link) + strlen(ahrefe) + 1) / sizeof(gchar),
+		sizeof(gchar)
+	);
+
+	r = g_strconcat(ahrefs, link, ahrefe, NULL);
+	g_string_append (res, r);
+
+	g_free (r);
+
+	return FALSE;
+}
+
+const gchar *
+prepare_body(const gchar *body) {
+	const gchar *res;
+
+	// find and prepare all links in string
+	GRegex *reg_ahref = g_regex_new ("(<a href=['\"])(.*?)(['\"]>)", 0, 0, NULL);
+	res = g_regex_replace_eval (reg_ahref, body, -1, 0, 0, eval_ahref, NULL, NULL);
+
+	return res;
+}
+
 void
 xfce_notify_window_set_body(XfceNotifyWindow *window,
                             const gchar *body)
 {
+	// syslog(LOG_NOTICE, body);
+	body = prepare_body(body);
+	// syslog(LOG_NOTICE, body);
     g_return_if_fail(XFCE_IS_NOTIFY_WINDOW(window));
 
     if(body && *body) {