--- loncom/homework/hint.pm	2000/12/19 23:22:22	1.1
+++ loncom/homework/hint.pm	2000/12/21 18:13:33	1.2
@@ -7,14 +7,27 @@ sub BEGIN {
   &Apache::lonxml::register('Apache::hinttags',('hintgroup','hintpart'));
 }
 
-#currently hintgroup has no purpose
+
 sub start_hintgroup {
+  my ($target,$token,$parstack,$parser,$safeeval,$style)=@_;
+  my $id=$Apache::inputtags::part;
+  my $numtries=$Apache::lonhomework::history{"resource.$id.tries"};
+  if ( $numtries eq '') { $numtries = 0; }
+  my $hinttries=&Apache::lonnet::EXT("resource.$id.hinttries");
+  if ( $hinttries eq '') { $hinttries = 1; }
+  &Apache::lonxml::debug("found :$id:$numtries:$hinttries:");
+  if ( $numtries < $hinttries ) {
+    &Apache::lonxml::get_all_text("/hintgroup",$$parser[$#$parser]);
+  }
+  return '';
 }
 
 sub end_hintgroup {
 }
 
+# a part shows if it is on, if no specific parts are on, then default shows
 sub start_hintpart {
+  return '';
   my ($target,$token,$parstack,$parser,$safeeval,$style)=@_;
 
   my $show ='0';
@@ -23,7 +36,6 @@ sub start_hintpart {
     if ( $#$parstack > -1 ) { $args=$$parstack[$#$parstack]; }
     my $on = &Apache::run::run("{$args;".'return $on}',$safeeval);
     if ( $on eq 'default') {
-      $show='1';
     } else {
       my (%results) = &Apache::run::run("{$args; return ".'\%'.$on,$safeeval);
       my $key;