--- loncom/publisher/lonpublisher.pm	2002/05/23 21:12:44	1.82
+++ loncom/publisher/lonpublisher.pm	2002/06/24 14:25:38	1.83
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # Publication Handler
 #
-# $Id: lonpublisher.pm,v 1.82 2002/05/23 21:12:44 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonpublisher.pm,v 1.83 2002/06/24 14:25:38 www Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -444,8 +444,7 @@ sub publish {
 	       }
            }
         }
-        $allowstr=~s/\n+/\n/g;
-        $outstring=~s/(\<\/[^\>]+\>\s*)$/$allowstr$1/s;
+        $outstring=~s/\n*(\<\/[^\>]+\>)\s*$/$allowstr\n$1\n/s;
 
 	#Encode any High ASCII characters
 	$outstring=&HTML::Entities::encode($outstring,"\200-\377");