[jQuery] $("something").text() doesn't preserve whitespace in IE

[alistairholt]

I'm having some issues when calling $("something").text() in IE 6/7.
Basically I'm getting the calling text() on a <pre> element which is
whitespace sensitive. In Firefox and Safari it works perfectly
returning the text with whitespace intact. Is it possible to make it
work in IE or shall I give up?

Thanks