--- loncom/xml/londefdef.pm	2002/07/11 14:40:14	1.69
+++ loncom/xml/londefdef.pm	2002/07/11 18:20:00	1.70
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # Tags Default Definition Module 
 #
-# $Id: londefdef.pm,v 1.69 2002/07/11 14:40:14 sakharuk Exp $
+# $Id: londefdef.pm,v 1.70 2002/07/11 18:20:00 sakharuk Exp $
 # 
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ use Apache::lonnet;
 use strict;
 use Apache::lonxml;
 use Apache::File();
+use Image::Magick;
 
 BEGIN {
 
@@ -1310,7 +1311,7 @@ EDITBUTTON
 		    chop $output;
 		    $output .= ' \\\\ ';
 		}
-		$Apache::londefdef::table[-1]{'output'} .= $header_of_table.$output.$Apache::londefdef::table[-1]{'hinc'}.'\end{tabular}';
+		$Apache::londefdef::table[-1]{'output'} .= $header_of_table.$output.$Apache::londefdef::table[-1]{'hinc'}.'\end{tabular}\vskip 0 mm ';
 		if ($#Apache::londefdef::table > 0) {
 		    $inmemory = $Apache::londefdef::table[-1]{'output'};
 		    pop @Apache::londefdef::table;
@@ -1428,18 +1429,11 @@ EDITBUTTON
 	    } elsif ($target eq 'tex') {
 	      my $src = &Apache::lonxml::get_param('src',$parstack,$safeeval);
 	      $src=&Apache::lonnet::filelocation($Apache::lonxml::pwd[-1],$src);
-              if ($src=~m/\.(gif|GIF)$/) {
-		  my $gif_file = Apache::File->new($src);
-		  binmode ($gif_file);
-                  my ($buff,$imagesize);
-		  read ($gif_file,$buff,6);
-                  read ($gif_file,$imagesize,4);
-                  my ($xlsb,$xmsb,$ylsb,$ymsb) = split(//,$imagesize);
-                  my $image_width=ord($xlsb)+ord($xmsb)*256;
-                  my $image_height=ord($ylsb)+ord($ymsb)*256;
-		  $width_param = $image_width * $scaling; #default value of the picture's width
-		  $height_param = $image_height * $scaling; #default value of the picture's height
- 	      }
+              my $image = Image::Magick->new;
+              my $current_figure = $image->Read($src);
+              $width_param = $image->Get('width') * $scaling;;
+	      $height_param = $image->Get('height') * $scaling;;
+	      undef $image;
 	      my $epssrc = $src;
 	      $epssrc =~ s/(\.gif|\.jpg)$/\.eps/i;
 	      if (not -e $epssrc) {