1 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/MediaWiki.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/MediaWiki.hs
index 4e4bc3fb0..dcf0c5f4a 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/MediaWiki.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/MediaWiki.hs
@@ -376,11 +376,17 @@ preformatted = try $ do
       spacesStr _        = False
   if F.all spacesStr contents
      then return mempty
-     else return $ B.para $ walk strToCode contents
-
-strToCode :: Inline -> Inline
-strToCode (Str s) = Code ("",[],[]) s
-strToCode  x      = x
+     else return $ B.para $ encode contents
+
+encode :: Inlines -> Inlines
+encode = B.fromList . normalizeCode . B.toList . walk strToCode
+  where strToCode (Str s) = Code ("",[],[]) s
+        strToCode Space   = Code ("",[],[]) " "
+        strToCode  x      = x
+        normalizeCode []  = []
+        normalizeCode (Code a1 x : Code a2 y : zs) | a1 == a2 =
+          normalizeCode $ (Code a1 (x ++ y)) : zs
+        normalizeCode (x:xs) = x : normalizeCode xs
 
 header :: MWParser Blocks
 header = try $ do
@@ -545,8 +551,8 @@ inlineTag = do
        TagOpen "del" _ -> B.strikeout <$> inlinesInTags "del"
        TagOpen "sub" _ -> B.subscript <$> inlinesInTags "sub"
        TagOpen "sup" _ -> B.superscript <$> inlinesInTags "sup"
-       TagOpen "code" _ -> walk strToCode <$> inlinesInTags "code"
-       TagOpen "tt" _ -> walk strToCode <$> inlinesInTags "tt"
+       TagOpen "code" _ -> encode <$> inlinesInTags "code"
+       TagOpen "tt" _ -> encode <$> inlinesInTags "tt"
        TagOpen "hask" _ -> B.codeWith ("",["haskell"],[]) <$> charsInTags "hask"
        _ -> B.rawInline "html" . snd <$> htmlTag (~== tag)