[ZPT] textareas and spacing

[alan runyan]

    <textarea name="subject:lines" rows="3" cols="34"><p tal:repeat="subject
contentSubjects" tal:replace="python:subject+'\n'">Subject of the
item</p></textarea>


i am in need of having a textarea display lines like you do in DTML.

subject1
subject2
subject3

but the problem is when there are no contentSubjects i get a huge gaping
space inbetween <textarea></textarea>, should I just parse this before
saving it in a python script or is there something i could do in ZPT to make
it format like DTML

thanks,
~runyaga