--- loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2004/10/05 18:54:49	1.340
+++ loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2004/10/12 22:25:40	1.343
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # XML Parser Module 
 #
-# $Id: lonxml.pm,v 1.340 2004/10/05 18:54:49 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonxml.pm,v 1.343 2004/10/12 22:25:40 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ sub fontsettings() {
     my $headerstring='';
     if (($ENV{'browser.os'} eq 'mac') && (!$ENV{'browser.mathml'})) { 
 	$headerstring.=
-	    '<meta Content-Type="text/html; charset=x-mac-roman">';
+	    '<meta Content-Type="text/html; charset=x-mac-roman" />';
     } elsif (!$ENV{'browser.mathml'} && $ENV{'browser.unicode'}) {
 	$headerstring.=
 	    '<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />';
@@ -1028,6 +1028,7 @@ sub parstring {
     unless ($_=~/\W/) {
       my $val=$token->[2]->{$_};
       $val =~ s/([\%\@\\\"\'])/\\$1/g;
+      $val =~ s/(\$[^{a-zA-Z_])/\\$1/g;
       #if ($val =~ m/^[\%\@]/) { $val="\\".$val; }
       $temp .= "my \$$_=\"$val\";";
     }
@@ -1287,7 +1288,7 @@ $bodytag
 </body>
 </html>
 ENDNOTFOUND
-    $filecontents='';
+        $filecontents='';
 	if ($ENV{'request.state'} ne 'published') {
 	    if ($filetype eq 'sty') {
 		$filecontents=&createnewsty();
@@ -1298,6 +1299,10 @@ ENDNOTFOUND
 	}
     } else {
 	unless ($ENV{'request.state'} eq 'published') {
+	    if ($filecontents=~/BEGIN LON-CAPA Internal/) {
+		&Apache::lonxml::error(&mt('This file appears to be a rendering of a Lon-CAPA resource. If this is correct, this resource will act very oddly and incorrectly.'));
+	    }
+
 	    if ($ENV{'form.attemptclean'}) {
 		$filecontents=&htmlclean($filecontents,1);
 	    }
@@ -1477,7 +1482,7 @@ sub get_param_var {
   } elsif ( $args !~ /my \$\Q$param\E=\"/ ) { return undef; }
   my $value=&Apache::run::run("{$args;".'return $'.$param.'}',$safeeval); #'
   &Apache::lonxml::debug("first run is $value");
-  if ($value =~ /^[\$\@\%]\w+$/) {
+  if ($value =~ /^[\$\@\%][a-zA-Z_]\w*$/) {
       &Apache::lonxml::debug("doing second");
       my @result=&Apache::run::run("return $value",$safeeval,1);
       if (!defined($result[0])) {