Index: kernel/classes/datatypes/ezxmltext/ezxmlinputparser.php
===================================================================
--- kernel/classes/datatypes/ezxmltext/ezxmlinputparser.php	(revision 24390)
+++ kernel/classes/datatypes/ezxmltext/ezxmlinputparser.php	(working copy)
@@ -727,6 +727,8 @@
         $text = str_replace( '"', '"', $text );
         $text = str_replace( '&', '&', $text );
         $text = str_replace( ' ', ' ', $text );
+        $text = preg_replace ( '/( ){2,}/' , ' ', $text);
+        $text = preg_replace ( '/^([ |[:blank:]])+$/' , '', $text);
         return $text;
     }
 
Index: kernel/classes/datatypes/ezxmltext/handlers/output/ezxhtmlxmloutput.php
===================================================================
--- kernel/classes/datatypes/ezxmltext/handlers/output/ezxhtmlxmloutput.php	(revision 24390)
+++ kernel/classes/datatypes/ezxmltext/handlers/output/ezxhtmlxmloutput.php	(working copy)
@@ -556,6 +556,7 @@
         if ( $element->parentNode->nodeName != 'literal' )
         {
             $text = htmlspecialchars( $element->textContent );
+            $text = preg_replace ( '/ /' , ' ', $text);
             // Get rid of linebreak and spaces stored in xml file
             $text = preg_replace( "#[\n]+#", "", $text );
 
Index: extension/ezoe/ezxmltext/handlers/input/ezoexmlinput.php
===================================================================
--- extension/ezoe/ezxmltext/handlers/input/ezoexmlinput.php	(revision 163)
+++ extension/ezoe/ezxmltext/handlers/input/ezoexmlinput.php	(working copy)
@@ -745,6 +745,7 @@
         eZDebugSetting::writeDebug( 'kernel-datatype-ezxmltext', $output, 'eZOEXMLInput::inputXML xml output to return' );
 
         $output = htmlspecialchars( $output, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8' );
+		$output = preg_replace ( '/ /' , ' ', $output);
 
         return $output;
     }