         if (classInitialized)
             return;
 
-        staticConfiguration = new Configuration();
-        staticConfiguration.manageEnterKey = false; // default is true
-        staticConfiguration.manageTabKey = false;   // default is false
-
         staticPlainTextImporter =
-            TextConverter.getImporter(TextConverter.PLAIN_TEXT_FORMAT,
-            staticConfiguration);
+            TextConverter.getImporter(TextConverter.PLAIN_TEXT_FORMAT);
         
         // Throw import errors rather than return a null textFlow.
         // Alternatively, the error strings are in the Vector, importer.errors.

     */
    mx_internal function createTextContainerManager():TextContainerManager
    {
        return new RichEditableTextContainerManager(this, staticConfiguration);
    }

    /**

     *  @private
     */
    private static var classInitialized:Boolean = false;
    
    /**
     *  @private
     *  This TLF object is used to import a 'text' String
