--- loncom/xml/londefdef.pm	2004/04/01 16:11:58	1.206
+++ loncom/xml/londefdef.pm	2004/04/15 17:37:04	1.209
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # Tags Default Definition Module 
 #
-# $Id: londefdef.pm,v 1.206 2004/04/01 16:11:58 sakharuk Exp $
+# $Id: londefdef.pm,v 1.209 2004/04/15 17:37:04 albertel Exp $
 # 
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
@@ -1812,7 +1812,7 @@ sub start_table {
 	}        
         #table's border
 	my $border = &Apache::lonxml::get_param('border',$parstack,$safeeval); 
-        my $permission=&Apache::lonxml::get_param('DropEmptyColumns',$parstack,$safeeval,undef,0);
+        my $permission=&Apache::lonxml::get_param('TeXDropEmptyColumns',$parstack,$safeeval,undef,0);
 	unless (defined $border) { $border = 0; }
 	if ($border) { 
 	    $Apache::londefdef::table[-1]{'hinc'} = '\hline '; 
@@ -1824,7 +1824,7 @@ sub start_table {
 	    $Apache::londefdef::table[-1]{'vvinc'} = '';
 	}
 	if ($#Apache::londefdef::table==0) {
-	    $Apache::londefdef::table[-1]{'output'}='\setlength{\tabcolsep}{1 mm}';
+	    $Apache::londefdef::table[-1]{'output'}='\newline\setlength{\tabcolsep}{1 mm}';
 	}
 	$Apache::londefdef::table[-1]{'output'}.=' \noindent \begin{tabular} ';
         $Apache::londefdef::table[-1]{'TeXlen'}=[];
@@ -1967,7 +1967,7 @@ sub end_table {
 	    }
 	}
         #removing of empty columns if allowed
-        my $permission=&Apache::lonxml::get_param('DropEmptyColumns',$parstack,$safeeval,undef,0);
+        my $permission=&Apache::lonxml::get_param('TeXDropEmptyColumns',$parstack,$safeeval,undef,0);
 	if ($permission eq 'yes') {
 	    my @cleaned_table=();
             my @cleaned_header=();
@@ -2343,7 +2343,9 @@ sub start_img {
 	    &image_replication($src);
 	    if (-e $src) {
 		my $image = Image::Magick->new;
-		my ($width, $height, $size, $format) = $image->Ping($src);
+		$image->Read($src);
+		my ($width, $height) = ($image->Get('width'),
+					$image->Get('height'));
 		if ($width && $height) {
 		    $token->[2]{'width'} =$width;
 		    $token->[2]{'height'}=$height;