--- loncom/homework/outputtags.pm	2009/11/01 16:10:35	1.56
+++ loncom/homework/outputtags.pm	2016/08/09 23:43:42	1.58
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA 
 # tags that create controlled output
 #
-# $Id: outputtags.pm,v 1.56 2009/11/01 16:10:35 foxr Exp $
+# $Id: outputtags.pm,v 1.58 2016/08/09 23:43:42 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ sub substitute_simple_tags_latex {
 
     # restore the <>'s:
 
-    $string =~ s/\\ensuremath{<}/</g;
-    $string =~ s/\\ensuremath{>}/>/g;
+    $string =~ s/\\ensuremath\{<}/</g;
+    $string =~ s/\\ensuremath\{>}/>/g;
 
 
     # Substitute the tags:
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ sub start_displayduedate {
 		    # at the start of the line to ensure it won't overlap
 		    # the 1 col boundary.
 
-		    $result = '\\\\ \framebox{'
+		    $result = '\vspace{1.0 ex} \framebox{'
     			       .&mt('Due').' '.$duetext.'}';
 		} else {
 		    $result = &mt('Due') . ' '.$duetext;