RegEx(TinyMCE Javascript) that should remove whitespace paragraphs (<p> </p>) does not work in Internet Explorer

[mani_monaj]

When a blank post page loads, WP adds a <p> </p> as a textarea default value, FireFox ignores that and displays a blank HTML code(in HTML View) but Internet Explorer show that up in HTML view!

Andy figured out the problem :

For reasons not yet understood, the JS
RegEx that should remove whitespace paragraphs (<p> </p>) does not
work in MSIE. This is a back-burner bug for me. Anyone else can jump
all over it. The regex is in
wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wordpress/editor_plugin.js in the
"get_from_editor" section.

[skeltoac]

The empty paragraphs are no longer inserted by default.

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Milestone 2.0 deleted