From 1b4239573a39492f352830a24b38bd8ec59b36a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dr John O'Hare <github@xrsystems.uk>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 14:03:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add & handling to links

---
 src/freeplane.py | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/freeplane.py b/src/freeplane.py
index 1ca8eb2..5ea5390 100644
--- a/src/freeplane.py
+++ b/src/freeplane.py
@@ -1225,15 +1225,22 @@ def plaintext(self, strText, modified=''):
 
     @property
     def hyperlink(self):
-        return self._node.attrib.get("LINK","")
+        link = self._node.attrib.get("LINK","")
+
+        # Unescape XML encoding
+        link = link.replace('&amp;', '&')
+
+        return link
 
     @hyperlink.setter
     def hyperlink(self, strLink, modified=''):
         self._node.attrib["LINK"] = strLink
 
+        # Escape & characters 
+        strLink = strLink.replace('&', '&amp;')
 
-
-
+        self._node.attrib["LINK"] = strLink
+    
         #
         # set creation and modification dates
         #
@@ -2847,4 +2854,3 @@ def getText(self, strRootAttribute, strTitleText, strPortion):
 
     # create execute class init with command line environment
     Mindmap(id='cli')
-