--- loncom/interface/lonhtmlcommon.pm	2004/08/17 19:02:57	1.87
+++ loncom/interface/lonhtmlcommon.pm	2004/08/29 07:03:53	1.88
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common html routines
 #
-# $Id: lonhtmlcommon.pm,v 1.87 2004/08/17 19:02:57 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonhtmlcommon.pm,v 1.88 2004/08/29 07:03:53 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -926,14 +926,14 @@ sub htmlareaaddbuttons {
     config.registerButton('ed_math','LaTeX Inline',
 			  '/htmlarea/images/ed_math.gif',false,
 			    function(editor,id) {
-			      editor.surroundHTML('<m>\$','\$</m>');
+			      editor.surroundHTML('&nbsp;<m>\$','\$</m>&nbsp;');
 			    }
 			  );
     config.registerButton('ed_math_eqn','LaTeX Equation',
 			  '/htmlarea/images/ed_math_eqn.gif',false,
 			    function(editor,id) {
 			      editor.surroundHTML(
-				     '<center><m>\\\\[','\\\\]</m></center>');
+				     '&nbsp;\\n<center><m>\\\\[','\\\\]</m></center>\\n&nbsp;');
 			    }
 			  );
     config.toolbar.push(['ed_math','ed_math_eqn']);