diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index fa550ff1..4ba1ea0b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+
+- fix handling of non-empty <pre>-tags and empty <textarea>- and
+  <script>-tags (Spuerhund, messju)
+
 Version 2.6.19 (Feb 11th, 2008)
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diff --git a/libs/plugins/outputfilter.trimwhitespace.php b/libs/plugins/outputfilter.trimwhitespace.php
index 97b0d21e..739fa39b 100644
--- a/libs/plugins/outputfilter.trimwhitespace.php
+++ b/libs/plugins/outputfilter.trimwhitespace.php
@@ -28,21 +28,21 @@
 function smarty_outputfilter_trimwhitespace($source, &$smarty)
 {
     // Pull out the script blocks
-    preg_match_all("!<script[^>]+>.*?</script>!is", $source, $match);
+    preg_match_all("!<script[^>]*?>.*?</script>!is", $source, $match);
     $_script_blocks = $match[0];
-    $source = preg_replace("!<script[^>]+>.*?</script>!is",
+    $source = preg_replace("!<script[^>]*?>.*?</script>!is",
                            '@@@SMARTY:TRIM:SCRIPT@@@', $source);
 
     // Pull out the pre blocks
-    preg_match_all("!<pre>.*?</pre>!is", $source, $match);
+    preg_match_all("!<pre[^>]*?>.*?</pre>!is", $source, $match);
     $_pre_blocks = $match[0];
-    $source = preg_replace("!<pre>.*?</pre>!is",
+    $source = preg_replace("!<pre[^>]*?>.*?</pre>!is",
                            '@@@SMARTY:TRIM:PRE@@@', $source);
-
+    
     // Pull out the textarea blocks
-    preg_match_all("!<textarea[^>]+>.*?</textarea>!is", $source, $match);
+    preg_match_all("!<textarea[^>]*?>.*?</textarea>!is", $source, $match);
     $_textarea_blocks = $match[0];
-    $source = preg_replace("!<textarea[^>]+>.*?</textarea>!is",
+    $source = preg_replace("!<textarea[^>]*?>.*?</textarea>!is",
                            '@@@SMARTY:TRIM:TEXTAREA@@@', $source);
 
     // remove all leading spaces, tabs and carriage returns NOT