--- tamtam/tamtam2socialtext.pl	2007/12/13 12:42:45	24
+++ tamtam/tamtam2socialtext.pl	2007/12/13 12:54:43	25
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@
 
 sub pre {
 	my $text = shift;
-	$text =~ s/^{{{//;
-	$text =~ s/}}}$//;
-	return '.pre' . $text . '.pre';
+	$text =~ s/^{{{\s*//s;
+	$text =~ s/\s*}}}$//s;
+	return "\n.pre\n" . $text . "\n.pre\n";
 }
 
 sub convert_markup {