--- loncom/xml/lontexconvert.pm	2007/06/19 20:10:55	1.83
+++ loncom/xml/lontexconvert.pm	2007/08/14 19:32:35	1.84
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # TeX Conversion Module
 #
-# $Id: lontexconvert.pm,v 1.83 2007/06/19 20:10:55 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lontexconvert.pm,v 1.84 2007/08/14 19:32:35 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -203,6 +203,10 @@ sub jsMath_converted {
 	return "\n".
 	    '<script type="text/javascript">jsMath.Process()</script>'."\n";
     }
+    sub jsMath_state {
+	my ($level) = @_;
+	return $jsMath_sent_header[$level];
+    }
 }
 
 sub tex_engine {
@@ -220,9 +224,11 @@ sub tex_engine {
 }
 
 sub init_math_support {
+    my ($inherit_jsmath) = @_;
     &init_tth();
     &Apache::lontexconvert::jsMath_push();
-    if (lc(&tex_engine()) eq 'jsmath') {
+    if (lc(&tex_engine()) eq 'jsmath' ||
+	($inherit_jsmath && &jsMath_state(-2))) {
 	return &Apache::lontexconvert::jsMath_header();
     }
     return;