--- loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2004/01/28 16:10:26	1.298
+++ loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2004/01/30 17:27:34	1.299
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # XML Parser Module 
 #
-# $Id: lonxml.pm,v 1.298 2004/01/28 16:10:26 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonxml.pm,v 1.299 2004/01/30 17:27:34 sakharuk Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ sub latex_special_symbols {
 	$string =~ s/_/ /g;
     } else {
 	$string=~s/\\ /\\char92 /g;
-	$string=~s/\^/\\\^ /g;
+	$string=~s/\^/\\\^\\strut /g;
 	$string=~s/\~/\\char126 /g;
 	#fixup & if it doesn't look like
         # { or α