--- loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2004/07/12 16:25:51	1.328
+++ loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2004/07/19 16:48:28	1.331
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # XML Parser Module 
 #
-# $Id: lonxml.pm,v 1.328 2004/07/12 16:25:51 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonxml.pm,v 1.331 2004/07/19 16:48:28 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -389,9 +389,10 @@ sub latex_special_symbols {
     } else {
 	$string=~s/\\/\\ensuremath{\\backslash}/g;
 	$string=~s/([^\\]|^)\%/$1\\\%/g;
-	$string=~s/\b_{2,}\b/ \\makebox\[1 cm\]\[b\]{\\hrulefill}/g;
-	$string=~s/([^\\]|^)(\$|_)/$1\\$2/g;
+	$string=~s/([^\\]|^)\$/$1\\\$/g;
+	$string=~s/([^\\])\_/$1\\_/g;
 	$string=~s/\$\$/\$\\\$/g;
+	$string=~s/\_\_/\_\\\_/g;
 	$string=~s/\#\#/\#\\\#/g;
         $string=~s/([^\\]|^)(\~|\^)/$1\\$2\\strut /g;
 	$string=~s/(>|<)/\\ensuremath\{$1\}/g; #more or less
@@ -745,6 +746,7 @@ sub init_safespace {
 
 #need to inspect this class of ops
 # $safeeval->deny(":base_orig");
+  $safeeval->permit("require");
   $safeinit .= ';$external::target="'.$target.'";';
   my $rndseed;
   my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$name) = &Apache::lonxml::whichuser();
@@ -753,27 +755,6 @@ sub init_safespace {
   &Apache::lonxml::debug("Setting rndseed to $rndseed");
   &Apache::run::run($safeinit,$safeeval);
 
-  my $subroutine=<<'EVALUATESUB';
-sub __LC_INTERNAL_EVALUATE__ {
-    my ($__LC__a,$__LC__b,$__LC__c)=@_;
-    my $__LC__prefix;
-    while(1){
-	{ 
-	    use strict;
-	    no strict "vars";
-	    if (eval(defined(eval($__LC__a.$__LC__b)))) {
-		return $__LC__prefix.eval($__LC__a.$__LC__b.$__LC__c);
-	    }
-	}
-	$__LC__prefix.=substr($__LC__a,0,1,"");
-	if ($__LC__a!~/^(\$|&|\#)/) { last; }
-    }
-    return $__LC__prefix.$__LC__a.$__LC__b.$__LC__c;
-}
-EVALUATESUB
-    $safeeval->permit("require");
-    $safeeval->reval($subroutine);
-    $safeeval->deny("require");
 }
 
 sub default_homework_load {