--- loncom/xml/londefdef.pm	2008/10/15 09:25:42	1.394
+++ loncom/xml/londefdef.pm	2008/11/10 11:17:50	1.396
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # Tags Default Definition Module 
 #
-# $Id: londefdef.pm,v 1.394 2008/10/15 09:25:42 bisitz Exp $
+# $Id: londefdef.pm,v 1.396 2008/11/10 11:17:50 foxr Exp $
 # 
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ sub start_m {
 	# detect simple math mode entry exits, and convert them
         # to use \ensuremath ... unless there's a \verb inside.
 	if (! ($currentstring=~/\\verb/)) {
-	    if ($currentstring=~/^\s*\$[^\$].*[^\$]\$\s*$/) {
+	    if ($currentstring=~/^\s*\$[^\$].*\$\s*$/) {
 		$currentstring=~s/^(\s*)\$/$1/;
 		$currentstring=~s/\$(\s*)$/$1/;
 		$currentstring='\ensuremath{'.$currentstring.'}';
@@ -2026,6 +2026,7 @@ sub start_table {
     if ($target eq 'web' || $target eq 'webgrade') {
 	$currentstring .= $token->[4];     
     } elsif ($target eq 'tex') {
+	&disable_para();	# Can't have paras in a table.
 	push(@Apache::londefdef::table, {}); 
 	$Apache::londefdef::table[-1]{'row_number'} = -1;
         #maximum table's width (default coincides with text line length)
@@ -2524,7 +2525,8 @@ sub end_table {
 	    pop @Apache::londefdef::table;
 	    undef @Apache::londefdef::table;
 	}
-    }
+	}
+	&enable_para();
     }
     return $currentstring;
 }