MartinSvarrer/pre-wrap

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Escape text. And make sure whitespace and line breaks are preserved. This should output the same result as a user input in a textarea. This will work in IE7 and newer, unlike whitespace: pre-wrap. Snippet is using the underscore libs escape method.

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	var escapeText = _.escape(insertText),
	preserveWhiteSpace = escapeText.replace(/ /g, '\u00a0'),
	preserveWhiteSpaceAndLineBreaks = preserveWhiteSpace.replace(/\n/g, '<br />');

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