diff --git a/src/www/gfse/editor.css b/src/www/gfse/editor.css
index 6f11004cb..fa5d21306 100644
--- a/src/www/gfse/editor.css
+++ b/src/www/gfse/editor.css
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ div.template:hover
  tr.deletable:hover .delete 
   { visibility: visible; }
 
+.editable { white-space: pre; }
+div.lin span.editable { display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; }
+
 .more { color: green; }
 .edit { color: orange; }
 .delete { color: red; }
@@ -110,7 +113,8 @@ table.tabs input[type=button], table.matrixview th input[type=button] {
     /*text-decoration: underline;*/
 }
 
-input.string_edit { font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; }
+.string_edit { font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; }
+textarea.string_edit { vertical-align: top; }
 
 ul.languages { -moz-column-width: 20em; }
 
diff --git a/src/www/gfse/editor.js b/src/www/gfse/editor.js
index ed8988f79..059c0715a 100644
--- a/src/www/gfse/editor.js
+++ b/src/www/gfse/editor.js
@@ -1798,9 +1798,16 @@ function string_editor(el,init,ok,async) {
 	e.it.focus();
     }
     var m=empty_class("span","error_message");
-    var i=node("input",{"class":"string_edit",name:"it",value:init},[]);
-    if(init.length>10) i.size=init.length+5;
-//  var i=node("textarea",{name:"it",rows:"2",cols:"60"},[text(init)]);
+    if(init.indexOf("\n")>=0) {
+	var rows=init.split("\n").length+1
+	var i=node("textarea",{"class":"string_edit",name:"it",
+			       rows:rows,cols:"80"},
+		   [text(init)]);
+    }
+    else {
+	var i=node("input",{"class":"string_edit",name:"it",value:init},[]);
+	if(init.length>10) i.size=init.length+5;
+    }
     var e=node("form",{},
 	       [i,
 		text(" "),
@@ -1996,7 +2003,8 @@ if(editor) {
 	initial_view();
 	touch_edit();
 	dir_bugfix();
-	initialize_sorting(["DIV"],["fun","lin","lincat","oper"]);
+	initialize_sorting(["DIV","INPUT","TEXTAREA"],
+			   ["fun","lin","lincat","oper"]);
     }
     else
 	editor.innerHTML="<p>This browser does not appear to support localStorage, and the grammar editor does not work without it. Sorry!"