--- loncom/interface/lonprintout.pm	2002/03/06 20:43:06	1.16
+++ loncom/interface/lonprintout.pm	2002/03/20 22:14:30	1.17
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # Printout
 #
-# $Id: lonprintout.pm,v 1.16 2002/03/06 20:43:06 sakharuk Exp $
+# $Id: lonprintout.pm,v 1.17 2002/03/20 22:14:30 sakharuk Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -249,9 +249,12 @@ ENDPART
         m/.*\/(.*)/;
         $courseidinfo = $ENV{'course.physnet_'.$1.'.description'};
 	$result =~ s/\\documentclass\[letterpaper\]{article}/\\documentclass\[twocolumn\]{article}/;
-	$result =~ s/\\begin{document}/\\textheight 25\.9cm\\oddsidemargin = -0\.57in\\evensidemargin = -0\.57in\\textwidth= 7\.7in\\begin{document}\\voffset=-1\.8cm\\setcounter{page}{1}\\noindent\\fbox{\\textbf{$ENV{'environment.firstname'} $ENV{'environment.lastname'}}}\\hskip 1\.4in $courseidinfo\\newline\\noindent\\textit{Physics for Scientists and Engineers}\\newline\\noindent\\textbf{Due Thursday, March 7, 2002 at 8:00PM}\\vskip 5 mm/;
+	$result =~ s/\\begin{document}/\\textheight 25\.9cm\\oddsidemargin = -0\.57in\\evensidemargin = -0\.57in\\textwidth= 7\.7in\\begin{document}\\voffset=-1\.8cm\\setcounter{page}{1}\\noindent\\fbox{\\textbf{$ENV{'environment.firstname'} $ENV{'environment.lastname'}}}\\hskip 1\.4in $courseidinfo \\vskip 5 mm /;
 	$result =~ s/\\includegraphics/\\includegraphics\[width=9\.0 cm\]/g;
     }
+#-- LaTeX corrections 
+    $result =~ s/^\s+$//gm; #remove empty lines
+    $result =~ s/%/\\%/g;   #corrects %
 #-- writing .tex file in prtspool 
     my $temp_file;
     $filename = "/home/httpd/prtspool/$ENV{'environment.firstname'}$ENV{'environment.lastname'}temp$ENV{'user.login.time'}.tex";