--- loncom/html/htmlarea/Attic/htmlarea.js	2004/06/01 23:46:10	1.3
+++ loncom/html/htmlarea/Attic/htmlarea.js	2005/02/17 08:59:45	1.5
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 // Version 3.0 developed by Mihai Bazon.
 //   http://dynarch.com/mishoo
 //
-// $Id: htmlarea.js,v 1.3 2004/06/01 23:46:10 www Exp $
+// $Id: htmlarea.js,v 1.5 2005/02/17 08:59:45 albertel Exp $
 
 if (typeof _editor_url == "string") {
 	// Leave exactly one backslash at the end of _editor_url
@@ -1816,13 +1816,13 @@ HTMLArea.cloneObject = function(obj) {
 HTMLArea.checkSupportedBrowser = function() {
 	if (HTMLArea.is_gecko) {
 		if (navigator.productSub < 20021201) {
-			alert("You need at least Mozilla-1.3 Alpha.\n" +
-			      "Sorry, your Gecko is not supported.");
+			window.status="WYSIWYG Editor: You need at least Mozilla-1.3 Alpha. " +
+			      "Sorry, your Gecko is not supported.";
 			return false;
 		}
 		if (navigator.productSub < 20030210) {
-			alert("Mozilla < 1.3 Beta is not supported!\n" +
-			      "I'll try, though, but it might not work.");
+			window.status="WYSIWYG Editor: Mozilla < 1.3 Beta is not supported! " +
+			      "I'll try, though, but it might not work.";
 		}
 	}
 	return HTMLArea.is_gecko || HTMLArea.is_ie;
@@ -2038,7 +2038,8 @@ HTMLArea.getHTML = function(root, output
 	    case 3: // Node.TEXT_NODE
 		// If a text node is alone in an element and all spaces, replace it with an non breaking one
 		// This partially undoes the damage done by moz, which translates '&nbsp;'s into spaces in the data element
-		if ( !root.previousSibling && !root.nextSibling && root.data.match(/^\s*$/i) ) html = '&nbsp;';
+		// this was &nbsp; but since are document encodings are all over the place it causes random havoc
+		if ( !root.previousSibling && !root.nextSibling && root.data.match(/^\s*$/i) ) html = ' ';
 		else html = HTMLArea.htmlEncode(root.data);
 		break;
 	    case 8: // Node.COMMENT_NODE