--- loncom/homework/structuretags.pm	2008/09/19 17:14:31	1.431
+++ loncom/homework/structuretags.pm	2008/10/12 13:35:34	1.432
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA 
 # definition of tags that give a structure to a document
 #
-# $Id: structuretags.pm,v 1.431 2008/09/19 17:14:31 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: structuretags.pm,v 1.432 2008/10/12 13:35:34 foxr Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ sub start_tex {
     if ($target ne 'edit' && $target ne 'modified') {
 	my $bodytext=&Apache::lonxml::get_all_text("/tex",$parser,$style);
 	if ($target eq 'tex') {
-	    return $bodytext.' ';
+	    return $bodytext.'{}';
 	}
     } elsif ($target eq "edit" ) {
 	my $bodytext =