--- loncom/homework/cleanxml/xml_to_loncapa.pm	2016/01/08 20:32:42	1.6
+++ loncom/homework/cleanxml/xml_to_loncapa.pm	2016/01/20 00:41:31	1.7
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # convert_file takes a well-formed XML file content and converts it to LON-CAPA syntax.
 #
-# $Id: xml_to_loncapa.pm,v 1.6 2016/01/08 20:32:42 damieng Exp $
+# $Id: xml_to_loncapa.pm,v 1.7 2016/01/20 00:41:31 damieng Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -255,6 +255,21 @@ sub add_endouttext {
   } else {
     $parent->appendChild($endouttext);
   }
+  # replace spaces afterwards by a \n + indentation
+  my $next = $endouttext->nextSibling;
+  if (defined $next && $next->nodeType == XML_TEXT_NODE) {
+    my $v = $next->nodeValue;
+    if ($v =~ /^ /) {
+      $v =~ s/^ +//;
+      if ($parent->firstChild->nodeType == XML_TEXT_NODE &&
+          $parent->firstChild->nodeValue =~ /^\n +$/) {
+        $v = $parent->firstChild->nodeValue.$v;
+      } else {
+        $v = "\n".$v;
+      }
+      $next->setData($v);
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 # Convert paragraph children when one contains an inline response into content + <br>