--- loncom/homework/edit.pm	2003/10/24 21:45:32	1.69
+++ loncom/homework/edit.pm	2003/11/05 21:53:48	1.71
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA 
 # edit mode helpers
 #
-# $Id: edit.pm,v 1.69 2003/10/24 21:45:32 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: edit.pm,v 1.71 2003/11/05 21:53:48 www Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ package Apache::edit;
 use strict;
 use Apache::lonnet();
 use HTML::Entities();
+use Apache::lonlocal;
 
 # Global Vars
 # default list of colors to use in editing
@@ -482,7 +483,7 @@ sub editfield {
 }
 
 sub modifiedfield {
-    my ($token) = @_;
+    my ($endtag,$parser) = @_;
     my $result;
 #  foreach my $envkey (sort keys %ENV) {
 #    &Apache::lonxml::debug("$envkey ---- $ENV{$envkey}");
@@ -490,6 +491,9 @@ sub modifiedfield {
 #  &Apache::lonxml::debug("I want homework_edit_$Apache::lonxml::curdepth");
 #  &Apache::lonxml::debug($ENV{"form.homework_edit_$Apache::lonxml::curdepth"});
     $result=$ENV{"form.homework_edit_$Apache::lonxml::curdepth"};
+    my $bodytext=&Apache::lonxml::get_all_text($endtag,$parser);
+    # textareas throw away intial \n 
+    if ($bodytext=~/^\n/) { $result="\n".$result; }
     return $result;
 }
 
@@ -558,7 +562,7 @@ sub checked_arg {
     my $result;
     my $optionlist="";
     my $allselected=$token->[2]{$name};
-    $result=$description;
+    $result=&mt($description);
     foreach my $option (@$list) {
 	my ($value,$text);
 	if ( ref($option) eq 'ARRAY') {
@@ -587,7 +591,7 @@ sub text_arg {
     my $result;
     if (!defined $size) { $size=20; }
     my $arg=$token->[2]{$name};
-    $result=$description.'&nbsp;<input name="'.&html_element_name($name).
+    $result=&mt($description).'&nbsp;<input name="'.&html_element_name($name).
 	'" type="text" value="'.$arg.'" size="'.$size.'" />';
     return '<nobr>'.$result.'</nobr>';
 }
@@ -645,7 +649,7 @@ sub select_or_text_arg {
     }
     $optionlist.="<option value=\"TYPEDINVALUE\"".
  	((!$found)?' selected="on"':'').
- 	">Type in value</option>\n";
+ 	">".&mt('Type in value')."</option>\n";
 #
     my $element=&html_element_name($name);
     my $selectelement='select_list_'.$element;
@@ -658,6 +662,7 @@ sub select_or_text_arg {
 	     '.options['.$selectedindex.'].value';
     my $typedinvalue='this.form.'.$typeinelement.'.value';
     my $selecttypeinindex='this.form.'.$selectelement.'.options.length';
+    $description=&mt($description);
 #
     return (<<ENDSELECTORTYPE);
 <nobr>