src/solaris/classes/sun/awt/X11/XTextAreaPeer.java

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          repaintText();
      }
  
      protected boolean setTextImpl(String txt) {
          if (jtext != null) {
-             // Please note that we do not want to post an event
-             // if setText() replaces an empty text by an empty text,
-             // that is, if component's text remains unchanged.
-             if (jtext.getDocument().getLength() == 0 && txt.length() == 0) {
-                 return true;
-             }
- 
              // JTextArea.setText() posts two different events (remove & insert).
              // Since we make no differences between text events,
              // the document listener has to be disabled while
              // JTextArea.setText() is called.
              jtext.getDocument().removeDocumentListener(jtext);
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