diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Textile.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Textile.hs
index c6a2938a9..f2a70612d 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Textile.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Textile.hs
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ Left to be implemented:
  - continued blocks (ex bq..)
 
 TODO : refactor common patterns across readers :
- - autolink
  - more ...
 
 -}
@@ -361,8 +360,7 @@ inline = choice inlineParsers <?> "inline"
 
 -- | Inline parsers tried in order
 inlineParsers :: [Parser [Char] ParserState Inline]
-inlineParsers = [ autoLink
-                , str
+inlineParsers = [ str
                 , whitespace
                 , endline
                 , code
@@ -501,7 +499,8 @@ linkNoB = try $ do
   char ':'
   let stopChars = "!.,;:"
   url <- manyTill nonspaceChar (lookAhead $ space <|> try (oneOf stopChars >> (space <|> newline)))
-  return $ Link name (url, "")
+  let name' = if name == [Str "$"] then [Str url] else name
+  return $ Link name' (url, "")
 
 linkB :: Parser [Char] ParserState Inline
 linkB = try $ do
@@ -509,13 +508,8 @@ linkB = try $ do
   name <- surrounded (char '"') inline
   char ':'
   url <- manyTill nonspaceChar (char ']')
-  return $ Link name (url, "")
-
--- | Detect plain links to http or email.
-autoLink :: Parser [Char] ParserState Inline
-autoLink = do
-  (orig, src) <- (try uri <|> try emailAddress)
-  return $ Link [Str orig] (src, "")
+  let name' = if name == [Str "$"] then [Str url] else name
+  return $ Link name' (url, "")
 
 -- | image embedding
 image :: Parser [Char] ParserState Inline
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Textile.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Textile.hs
index 5f3bb6bcd..44fdc7efb 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Textile.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/Textile.hs
@@ -396,7 +396,10 @@ inlineToTextile _ Space = return " "
 
 inlineToTextile opts (Link txt (src, _)) = do
   label <- case txt of
-                [Code _ s]  -> return s
+                [Code _ s]
+                 | s == src -> return "$"
+                [Str s]
+                 | s == src -> return "$"
                 _           -> inlineListToTextile opts txt
   return $ "\"" ++ label ++ "\":" ++ src
 
diff --git a/templates b/templates
index 4c1f840c3..1e32f2820 160000
--- a/templates
+++ b/templates
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4c1f840c392010309cdb4cc1b8db4f4b24ff6424
+Subproject commit 1e32f282085c31720c3f0adfed37076d890f2bff
diff --git a/tests/textile-reader.native b/tests/textile-reader.native
index 4002ad557..575aefdf9 100644
--- a/tests/textile-reader.native
+++ b/tests/textile-reader.native
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Pandoc (Meta {docTitle = [], docAuthors = [], docDate = []})
 ,Header 2 [Str "Explicit"]
 ,Para [Str "Just",Space,Str "a",Space,Link [Str "url"] ("http://www.url.com","")]
 ,Para [Link [Str "Email",Space,Str "link"] ("mailto:nobody@nowhere.net","")]
-,Para [Str "Automatic",Space,Str "linking",Space,Str "to",Space,Link [Str "http://www.example.com"] ("http://www.example.com",""),Space,Str "and",Space,Link [Str "foobar@example.com"] ("mailto:foobar@example.com",""),Str "."]
+,Para [Str "Automatic",Space,Str "linking",Space,Str "to",Space,Link [Str "http://www.example.com"] ("http://www.example.com",""),Str "."]
 ,Para [Link [Str "Example"] ("http://www.example.com/",""),Str ":",Space,Str "Example",Space,Str "of",Space,Str "a",Space,Str "link",Space,Str "followed",Space,Str "by",Space,Str "a",Space,Str "colon",Str "."]
 ,Para [Str "A",Space,Str "link",Link [Str "with",Space,Str "brackets"] ("http://www.example.com",""),Str "and",Space,Str "no",Space,Str "spaces",Str "."]
 ,Header 1 [Str "Tables"]
diff --git a/tests/textile-reader.textile b/tests/textile-reader.textile
index a096ded1d..067cf690a 100644
--- a/tests/textile-reader.textile
+++ b/tests/textile-reader.textile
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Just a "url":http://www.url.com
 
 "Email link":mailto:nobody@nowhere.net
 
-Automatic linking to http://www.example.com and foobar@example.com.
+Automatic linking to "$":http://www.example.com.
 
 "Example":http://www.example.com/: Example of a link followed by a colon.
 
diff --git a/tests/writer.textile b/tests/writer.textile
index 51aca5a08..ace6d8763 100644
--- a/tests/writer.textile
+++ b/tests/writer.textile
@@ -650,15 +650,15 @@ Here's an "inline link in pointy braces":/script?foo=1&bar=2.
 
 h2. Autolinks
 
-With an ampersand: "http://example.com/?foo=1&bar=2":http://example.com/?foo=1&bar=2
+With an ampersand: "$":http://example.com/?foo=1&bar=2
 
 * In a list?
-* "http://example.com/":http://example.com/
+* "$":http://example.com/
 * It should.
 
-An e-mail address: "nobody@nowhere.net":mailto:nobody@nowhere.net
+An e-mail address: "<tt>nobody@nowhere.net</tt>":mailto:nobody@nowhere.net
 
-bq. Blockquoted: "http://example.com/":http://example.com/
+bq. Blockquoted: "$":http://example.com/