Similar to HTML and Latex formatters included in RedCloth, this one allows you to convert Textile to plain text discarding the Textile syntax.
This plugin only requires the RedCloth gem.
RedCloth.new("p. this is *simple* _test_").to_plain
will return:
"this is simple test"
RedCloth.new(%Q{"Please contact support":http://example.com/support}).to_plain
will return:
"Please contact support <http://example.com/support>"