--- loncom/interface/entities.pm	2008/04/29 10:15:58	1.10
+++ loncom/interface/entities.pm	2008/10/10 10:16:53	1.12
@@ -932,7 +932,8 @@ my %entities = (
 my  %utf_table = (
     'THORN'  => 222,
     'thorn'  => 254,
-    'eth'    => 240
+    'eth'    => 240,
+    'hearts' => 9829
 );
 
 # 
@@ -978,6 +979,7 @@ sub entity_to_latex {
     # Try to look up the entity (text or numeric) in the hash:
 
 
+
     my $latex = $entities{"$entity"};
     if (defined $latex) {
 	return $latex;
@@ -1030,6 +1032,18 @@ sub replace_entities {
 	$latex = &entity_to_latex($entity);
 	substr($input, $start, $end-$start) = $latex;
     }
+
+    # Hexadecimal entities:
+
+    while ($input =~ /&\#x(\d|[a-f,A-f])+;/) {
+	($start) = @-;
+	($end)   = @+;
+	$entity  = "0" . substr($input, $start+2, $end-$start-3); # 0xhexnumber
+	$latex = &entity_to_latex(hex($entity));
+	substr($input, $start, $end-$start) = $latex;
+    }
+
+
     # Now the &text; entites;
     
     while ($input =~/(&\w+;)/) {