class Kramdown::Converter::Kramdown

def convert_text(el, opts)
  if opts[:raw_text]
    el.value
  else
    el.value.gsub(/\A\n/) do
      opts[:prev] && opts[:prev].type == :br ? '' : "\n"
    end.gsub(/\s+/, ' ').gsub(ESCAPED_CHAR_RE) { "\\#{$1 || $2}" }
  end
end