--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2002/09/13 19:32:09	1.66
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2002/09/13 20:46:09	1.67
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.66 2002/09/13 19:32:09 www Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.67 2002/09/13 20:46:09 www Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ sub nickname {
     my ($uname,$udom)=@_;
     my %names=&Apache::lonnet::get('environment',
   ['nickname','firstname','middlename','lastname','generation'],$udom,$uname);
-    my $name=$names{'nickname'};
+    my $name=&Apache::lonnet::unescape($names{'nickname'});
     if ($name) {
        $name='"'.$name.'"'; 
     } else {
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ sub screenname {
     my ($uname,$udom)=@_;
     my %names=
  &Apache::lonnet::get('environment',['screenname'],$udom,$uname);
-    return $names{'screenname'};
+    return &Apache::lonnet::unescape($names{'screenname'});
 }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------- Message Wrapper