Index: dojo-release-1.3.2-src/dijit/_editor/html.js
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--- dojo-release-1.3.2-src.orig/dijit/_editor/html.js	2010-03-26 11:37:28.000000000 -0700
+++ dojo-release-1.3.2-src/dijit/_editor/html.js	2010-04-09 07:56:13.000000000 -0700
@@ -103,6 +103,16 @@
 	// summary: Returns the html content of a DomNode and children
 	var out = "";
 	if(!dom){ return out; }
+
+	// FIXME - IE 7 and before is very slow to go through the nodes...
+	// why can't we return innerHTML for other browsers?
+	if (dojo.isIE < 8){
+		// IE generates \n when RETURN key is hit
+		// e.g. <div>Line 1 &nbsp;</div>\n<div>Line 2 &nbsp;</div>\n...
+		// strip \n as long as it is not inside the <pre> tag
+		return dom.innerHTML.replace(/(\/[^p][^r][^e]>)(\r\n|\n)</gi, "$1<");
+	}
+
 	var nodes = dom["childNodes"] || dom;
 
 	//IE issue.