editor: removed extraneous debug info; changed around the order by which the textarea is created and appended to the DOM
<div class="tblholder">
<!-- BEGIN is_foe -->
<div style="padding: 7px;" class="comment_foe_hidden" id="comment_foe_notice_{ID}">
<strong>{NAME}</strong> – {lang:comment_msg_foe_comment_hidden}
<a href="#" onclick="$('#comment_foe_notice_{ID}').hide(); $('#comment_table_{ID}').show('blind'); return false;">{lang:comment_btn_display_foe_comment}</a>
</div>
<!-- END is_foe -->
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="4" id="comment_table_{ID}"<!-- BEGIN is_foe --> style="display: none;"<!-- END is_foe -->>
<tr>
<th colspan="2" style="text-align: left;">{DATETIME}</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width: 120px; height: 100%;" rowspan="4" valign="top" class="row1<!-- BEGIN is_friend --> row1_green<!-- END is_friend --><!-- BEGIN is_foe --> row1_red<!-- END is_foe -->">
<table border="0" width="100%" style="height: 100%;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td valign="top" class="row1<!-- BEGIN is_friend --> row1_green<!-- END is_friend --><!-- BEGIN is_foe --> row1_red<!-- END is_foe -->">
<b>{NAME}</b><br />
<small>{USER_LEVEL}</small>
<!-- BEGIN user_has_avatar -->
<div class="avatar">
<a href="{USERPAGE_LINK}">
<img alt="{AVATAR_ALT}" src="{AVATAR_URL}" style="border-width: 0px;" />
</a>
</div>
<!-- END user_has_avatar -->
</td>
</tr>
<!-- HOOK comment_left -->
<tr>
<td valign="bottom" class="row1<!-- BEGIN is_friend --> row1_green<!-- END is_friend --><!-- BEGIN is_foe --> row1_red<!-- END is_foe -->">
{SEND_PM_LINK}
<!-- BEGINNOT is_friend -->
{ADD_BUDDY_LINK}
<!-- END is_friend -->
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
<td class="row2">
<b>{lang:comment_lbl_subject}</b> <span id="subject_{ID}">{SUBJECT}</span>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="row3">
<div id="comment_{ID}">{DATA}</div>
<!-- BEGIN signature -->
<hr style="margin-left: 1em; width: 200px;" />
{SIGNATURE}
<!-- END signature -->
</td>
</tr>
<!-- BEGIN can_edit -->
<tr>
<td class="row2">
[ {EDIT_LINK} | {DELETE_LINK} ]
</td>
</tr>
<!-- END can_edit -->
<!-- BEGIN auth_mod -->
<tr>
<td class="row1">
<b>{lang:comment_lbl_mod_options}</b> {MOD_APPROVE_LINK} {MOD_DELETE_LINK} | {MOD_IP_LINK}
</td>
</tr>
<!-- END auth_mod -->
</table>
</div>
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