--- loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2004/03/19 22:01:13	1.311
+++ loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2004/03/19 22:06:53	1.312
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # XML Parser Module 
 #
-# $Id: lonxml.pm,v 1.311 2004/03/19 22:01:13 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonxml.pm,v 1.312 2004/03/19 22:06:53 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ sub latex_special_symbols {
         $string=~s/([^\\])\&/$1\\\&/g;
         $string=~s/([^\\])\#/$1\\\#/g;
     } else {
+	$string=~s/\\/\\ensuremath{\\backslash}/g;
 	$string=~s/([^\\])\%/$1\\\%/g;
 	$string=~s/([^\\])(\$|_)/$1\\$2/g;
 	$string=~s/\$\$/\$\\\$/g;