--- loncom/interface/lonspeller.pm	2004/07/22 23:50:55	1.4
+++ loncom/interface/lonspeller.pm	2004/07/23 19:47:57	1.5
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # Interface routines for Aspell
 #
-# $Id: lonspeller.pm,v 1.4 2004/07/22 23:50:55 www Exp $
+# $Id: lonspeller.pm,v 1.5 2004/07/23 19:47:57 www Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -30,9 +30,12 @@
 
 package Apache::lonspeller;
 
+use Apache::Constants qw(:common);
 use Text::Aspell;
 use Apache::lonlocal;
+use HTML::LCParser;
 use strict;
+
 my $speller;
 
 sub spellcheck_language {
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ sub set_language {
     $speller->set_option('lang',$lang);
 }
 
-sub markeduptext {
+sub textsection {
     my $input=shift;
     my $output='';
     &set_language();
@@ -70,6 +73,27 @@ sub markeduptext {
 	}
     }
     return $output;
+}
+
+
+sub markeduptext {
+    my $input=shift;
+    my $output='';
+    my $parser=HTML::LCParser->new(\$input);
+    my $token;
+    while ($token=$parser->get_token) {
+	if ($token->[0] eq 'T') {
+	    $output.=&textsection($token->[1]);
+	} elsif ($token->[0] eq 'S') {
+	    $output.=$token->[4];
+	    if ($token->[1] eq 'm') {
+		$output.=$parser->get_text('/m');
+	    }
+	} elsif ($token->[0] eq 'E') {
+	    $output.=$token->[2];
+	}
+    }
+    return $output;
 }
 
 sub initspeller {