--- loncom/xml/scripttag.pm	2001/03/27 16:56:56	1.35
+++ loncom/xml/scripttag.pm	2001/03/27 18:19:29	1.36
@@ -203,8 +203,9 @@ sub editfield {
   map { $count++;
 	if (length($_) > $maxlength) { $maxlength = length ($_); }
       } split ("\n", $data);
-	  
-  return "<br />\n&lt;$tag&gt;<br />\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<textarea rows=\"$count\" cols=\"$maxlength\" name=homework_edit_".$Apache::lonxml::curdepth.">$data</textarea><br />\n&lt;/$tag&gt;<br />\n";
+  if ($maxlength > 80) { $maxlength = 80; }
+  return "<br />\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<textarea rows=\"$count\" cols=\"$maxlength\" name=homework_edit_".$Apache::lonxml::curdepth.">$data</textarea>\n";
+#  return "<br />\n&lt;$tag&gt;<br />\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<textarea rows=\"$count\" cols=\"$maxlength\" name=homework_edit_".$Apache::lonxml::curdepth.">$data</textarea><br />\n&lt;/$tag&gt;<br />\n";
 }
 
 sub getfilenothere {