diff --git a/mozilla/xpfe/AppCores/xul/EditorInitPagePlain.html b/mozilla/xpfe/AppCores/xul/EditorInitPagePlain.html
index ce0bd43c8b6..4ec76d53803 100644
--- a/mozilla/xpfe/AppCores/xul/EditorInitPagePlain.html
+++ b/mozilla/xpfe/AppCores/xul/EditorInitPagePlain.html
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 BODY {
     font-family: monospace;
+    white-space: pre;
     background-color: #FFFFFF;
  	/*  width:  450px;			this is a bogus, hard-coded value */
    margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px;