--- loncom/xml/londefdef.pm	2001/02/01 19:10:11	1.20
+++ loncom/xml/londefdef.pm	2001/03/23 22:08:05	1.21
@@ -17,18 +17,16 @@ sub BEGIN {
 
 #===================================================================== TAG SUBROUTINES
 #-- <output>
-        sub start_output {
- 	    my ($target,$token) = @_;
-            $Apache::lonxml::textredirection = 1; 
-            my $result = '';
-            return $result;
-	}
-        sub end_output {
- 	    my ($target,$token) = @_;
-            $Apache::lonxml::textredirection = 0;             
-            my $result = '';
-            return $result;
-	}
+sub start_output {
+  my ($target) = @_;
+  if ($target eq 'meta') { $Apache::lonxml::metamode = 0; }
+  return '';
+}
+sub end_output {
+  my ($target) = @_;
+  if ($target eq 'meta') { $Apache::lonxml::metamode = 1; }
+  return '';
+}
 #-- <m> tag
         sub start_m {
 	    my ($target,$token,$parstack,$parser) = @_;