diff --git a/src/compiler/GFServer.hs b/src/compiler/GFServer.hs
index cb66137b2..65ed6a315 100644
--- a/src/compiler/GFServer.hs
+++ b/src/compiler/GFServer.hs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import Text.JSON(encode,showJSON,makeObj)
 import System.IO.Silently(hCapture)
 import System.Process(readProcessWithExitCode)
 import System.Exit(ExitCode(..))
-import Codec.Binary.UTF8.String(encodeString)
+import Codec.Binary.UTF8.String(decodeString,encodeString)
 import GF.Infra.UseIO(readBinaryFile,writeBinaryFile)
 import qualified PGFService as PS
 import qualified ExampleService as ES
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ handle state0 cache execute1
          let state' = maybe state (flip (M.insert dir) state) st'
          return (state',ok200 output)
 
-    parse qs = return (state,json200 (makeObj (map parseModule qs)))
+    parse qs =
+      return (state,json200 (makeObj(map(parseModule.apBoth decodeString) qs)))
 
     cloud dir cmd qs =
       case cmd of
@@ -382,6 +383,7 @@ removeDir dir =
 toHeader "Content-Type" = FCGI.HttpContentType -- to avoid duplicate headers
 toHeader s = FCGI.HttpExtensionHeader s -- cheating a bit
 -}
+
 -- * misc utils
 
 
@@ -392,5 +394,6 @@ inputs = queryToArguments . fixplus
     decode c   = [c]
 
 mapFst f xys = [(f x,y)|(x,y)<-xys]
+apBoth f (x,y) = (f x,f y)
 
 prop n v = (n,showJSON v)
diff --git a/src/compiler/SimpleEditor/Convert.hs b/src/compiler/SimpleEditor/Convert.hs
index 037b04986..4a2e0daa9 100644
--- a/src/compiler/SimpleEditor/Convert.hs
+++ b/src/compiler/SimpleEditor/Convert.hs
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ convOpen o =
     _ -> fail "unsupported module open"
 
 
-data CncJment = Pa S.Param | LC Lincat | Op Oper | Li Lin
+data CncJment = Pa S.Param | LC Lincat | Op Oper | Li Lin | Ignored
 
 convCncJments = mapM convCncJment . Map.toList
 
@@ -111,13 +111,14 @@ convCncJment (name,jment) =
   case jment of
     ResParam ops _ ->
       return $ Pa $ Param i (maybe "" (render . ppParams q . unLoc) ops)
-    CncCat (Just (L _ typ)) Nothing Nothing _ ->
+    ResValue _ -> return Ignored
+    CncCat (Just (L _ typ)) Nothing pprn _ -> -- ignores printname !!
       return $ LC $ Lincat i (render $ ppTerm q 0 typ)
     ResOper oltyp (Just lterm) -> return $ Op $ Oper lhs rhs
       where
         lhs = i++maybe "" ((" : "++) . render . ppTerm q 0 . unLoc) oltyp
         rhs = " = "++render (ppTerm q 0 (unLoc lterm))
-    CncFun _ (Just ldef) Nothing _ ->
+    CncFun _ (Just ldef) pprn _ -> -- ignores printname !!
       do let (xs,e') = getAbs (unLoc ldef)
              lin = render $ ppTerm q 0 e'
          args <- mapM convBind xs
diff --git a/src/www/gfse/editor.js b/src/www/gfse/editor.js
index 64b44e36c..72999ce72 100644
--- a/src/www/gfse/editor.js
+++ b/src/www/gfse/editor.js
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ function text_mode(g,file,ix) {
 	var mode_button=div_class("right",[button("Guided mode",switch_to_guided_mode)])
 	clear(file)
 	appendChildren(file,[mode_button,ta])
-	ta.style.height=ta.scrollHeight+"px";
+	//ta.style.height=ta.scrollHeight+"px";
 	ta.focus();
     }
     var mode_button=div_class("right",[button("Text mode",switch_to_text_mode)])