Index: admin/report/customlang/renderer.php
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RCS file: /cvsroot/moodle/moodle/admin/report/customlang/renderer.php,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.2 renderer.php
--- admin/report/customlang/renderer.php	17 Sep 2010 18:12:42 -0000	1.2
+++ admin/report/customlang/renderer.php	10 Nov 2010 11:06:46 -0000
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
             $cells[1]->attributes['class'] = 'stringid';
             // master translation of the string
             $master = html_writer::tag('div', s($string->master), array('class' => 'preformatted'));
+            $minheight = strlen($string->master) / 200;
             if (preg_match('/\{\$a(->.+)?\}/', $string->master)) {
                 $master .= html_writer::tag('div', $this->help_icon('placeholder', 'report_customlang',
                         get_string('placeholderwarning', 'report_customlang')), array('class' => 'placeholderinfo'));
@@ -83,7 +84,11 @@
             $cells[2] = new html_table_cell($master);
             $cells[2]->attributes['class'] = 'standard master';
             // local customization of the string
-            $textarea = html_writer::tag('textarea', s($string->local), array('name'=>'cust['.$string->id.']'));
+            $textareaattributes = array('name'=>'cust['.$string->id.']', 'cols'=>40, 'rows'=>3);
+            if ($minheight>1) {
+               $textareaattributes['style'] = 'min-height:' . (int) 4*$minheight . 'em';;
+            }
+            $textarea = html_writer::tag('textarea', s($string->local), $textareaattributes);
             $cells[3] = new html_table_cell($textarea);
             if (!is_null($string->local) and $string->outdated) {
                 $mark  = html_writer::empty_tag('input', array('type' => 'checkbox', 'id' => 'update_' . $string->id,