--- loncom/interface/coursecatalog.pm	2006/10/18 13:52:17	1.9
+++ loncom/interface/coursecatalog.pm	2006/10/18 14:07:47	1.10
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ sub build_courseinfo_hash {
         }
         my $cleandesc=&HTML::Entities::encode($descr,'<>&"');
         $cleandesc=~s/'/\\'/g;
+        $cleandesc =~ s/^\s+//;
         my ($cdom,$cnum)=split(/\_/,$course);
 
         my ($desc,$instcode,$owner,$ttype) = split(/:/,$courses{$course});