From 2cc26bb1244fd832b1782728b5ef8224cc7581e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 10:40:58 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] DOCX Input: Fix regression in 2.19 that broke handling of
 text with leading or trailing non-breaking spaces/en-spaces/quad-spaces.
 Fixes #1422844 [disappearing
 spaces](https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1422844)

---
 src/calibre/ebooks/docx/to_html.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/docx/to_html.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/docx/to_html.py
index 8ad589c771..08746ae698 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/docx/to_html.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/docx/to_html.py
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ class Convert(object):
                 if space != 'preserve':
                     # Remove leading and trailing whitespace. Word ignores
                     # leading and trailing whitespace without preserve
-                    ctext = ctext.strip()
+                    ctext = ctext.strip(' \n\r\t')
                 # Only use a <span> with white-space:pre-wrap if this element
                 # actually needs it, i.e. if it has more than one
                 # consecutive space or it has newlines or tabs.