--- loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2004/07/07 20:43:20	1.326
+++ loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2004/07/12 16:25:51	1.328
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # XML Parser Module 
 #
-# $Id: lonxml.pm,v 1.326 2004/07/07 20:43:20 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonxml.pm,v 1.328 2004/07/12 16:25:51 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ 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/\$\$/\$\\\$/g;
 	$string=~s/\#\#/\#\\\#/g;
@@ -787,18 +788,26 @@ sub default_homework_load {
     }
 }
 
+my $metamode_was;
 sub startredirection {
-  $Apache::lonxml::redirection++;
-  push (@Apache::lonxml::outputstack, '');
+    if (!$Apache::lonxml::redirection) {
+	$metamode_was=$Apache::lonxml::metamode;
+    }
+    $Apache::lonxml::metamode=0;
+    $Apache::lonxml::redirection++;
+    push (@Apache::lonxml::outputstack, '');
 }
 
 sub endredirection {
-  if (!$Apache::lonxml::redirection) {
-    &Apache::lonxml::error("Endredirection was called, before a startredirection, perhaps you have unbalanced tags. Some debuging information:".join ":",caller);
-    return '';
-  }
-  $Apache::lonxml::redirection--;
-  pop @Apache::lonxml::outputstack;
+    if (!$Apache::lonxml::redirection) {
+	&Apache::lonxml::error("Endredirection was called, before a startredirection, perhaps you have unbalanced tags. Some debuging information:".join ":",caller);
+	return '';
+    }
+    $Apache::lonxml::redirection--;
+    if (!$Apache::lonxml::redirection) {
+	$Apache::lonxml::metamode=$metamode_was;
+    }
+    pop @Apache::lonxml::outputstack;
 }
 
 sub end_tag {
@@ -1334,6 +1343,7 @@ sub debug {
 	my $request=$Apache::lonxml::request;
 	if (!$request) { $request=Apache->request; }
 	$request->print('<font size="-2"><pre>DEBUG:'.&HTML::Entities::encode($_[0],'<>&"')."</pre></font>\n");
+#	&Apache::lonnet::logthis($_[0]);
     }
 }