--- loncom/interface/lonsyllabus.pm	2005/04/07 06:56:23	1.40
+++ loncom/interface/lonsyllabus.pm	2005/06/06 02:29:46	1.41
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # Syllabus
 #
-# $Id: lonsyllabus.pm,v 1.40 2005/04/07 06:56:23 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonsyllabus.pm,v 1.41 2005/06/06 02:29:46 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ ENDDOCUMENT
                   $r->print($message);
                  } 
               } else {
-                 $message=~s/\n/\<br \/\>/g;
+		  &Apache::lonfeedback::newline_to_br(\$message);
                  $message
            =~s/(https*\:\/\/[^\s]+)/\<a href=\"$1\"\>\<tt\>$1\<\/tt\>\<\/a\>/g;
 		 if ($allowed) {