WP_editor doesnt apply wpautop on single line content

Question

For a current project I am trying to echo a line of text saved in the theme's options page. I use the wp_editor function for the user input instead of a textarea. The code I am using is quite simple:

    <?php
    break;
    case "wysiwyg" : 
    ?>
     <tr valign="top">
       <th scope="row"><?php echo $value['name']; ?>:</th>
       <td>
          <?php
          if( get_settings($value['id']) != "") {
                $settings = stripslashes(get_settings($value['id']));
          }else{
              $settings = $value['std'];
          }
          ?>
          <?php wp_editor($settings,$value['id'],array('wpautop' => true,'media_buttons'=>false)); ?>
          <br /><?php echo $value['desc']; ?>
         </td>
        </tr>
    <?php break;
    ?>

I tried to make sure paragraphs are used by adding wpautop => true.. The problem occurs when I try to add a single line of text in the WYSIWYG-mode. When saving the field, paragraph's arent added. After reloading the page the html view is changed back to WYSIWYG and all my HTML tags have disappeared.

I tried to use the wpautop function manually, but this would append a blank paragraph after the insert variable. My code looks like this:

<?php echo wpautop(stripslashes($lo_homepage_highlight_1_text)) ;?>

And will return:

<p>Lorem ipsum (.....) dolor sit amet. Great rich text</p>
<p></p>

I don't understand what I am missing here.

Answer 1

After doing some more research I found out that my save function does not work well. I think I should apply wpautop and wptexturize to those entries. My save function looks like this:

        if ( 'save' == $_REQUEST['action'] ) {
            foreach ($options as $value) {
                update_option( $value['id'], $_REQUEST[ $value['id'] ] ); }
            foreach ($options as $value) {
                if( isset( $_REQUEST[ $value['id'] ] ) ) { update_option( $value['id'], $_REQUEST[ $value['id'] ]  ); } else { delete_option( $value['id'] ); } }
            header("Location: themes.php?page=functions.php&saved=true");
            die;
    }

Since the wp_editor is defined in the array as wysiwyg i should be able to get the GET-request to determine whether the field is sent from the wp_editor. I adjusted the code to and now it works:

        if ( 'save' == $_REQUEST['action'] ) {
            foreach ($options as $value) {
                if ($_REQUEST[$value['type']] == 'wysiwyg' ) {
                    update_option( $value['id'], wpautop(wptexturize($_REQUEST[ $value['id'] ] ))); 
                } else {
                    update_option( $value['id'], $_REQUEST[ $value['id'] ] ); 
                }               
                foreach ($options as $value) {
                    if( isset( $_REQUEST[ $value['id'] ] ) ) {
                        if($_REQUEST[$value['type']] == 'wysiwyg') {
                            update_option( $value['id'], wpautop(wptexturize($_REQUEST[ $value['id'] ] )));
                        }
                        else {
                            update_option( $value['id'], $_REQUEST[ $value['id'] ] );
                        }
                    } else {
                        delete_option( $value['id'] );
                    } 
                }
            }
            header("Location: themes.php?page=functions.php&saved=true");
            die;
    }

The code might use some improvements, but it works for now :)