Problem with embedded line endings when inserting text in TextArea

[Roger and Beth Whitcomb]

Hi,
    We're trying to write a piece of code to do "tail -f" (essentially) 
of a log file into a TextArea.  It looks like bad things happen 
(including exceptions) if the text to be inserted has embedded newlines 
or doesn't have a trailing newline.  The "getCharacterBounds" returns 
bad values and therefore the scrolling to visible function fails.
    Anybody seen this before?  I don't have a small fail case, but 
we've verified it in our big application.

Thanks.
~Roger Whitcomb