--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2007/09/10 23:03:38	1.581
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2007/09/11 23:36:46	1.584
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.581 2007/09/10 23:03:38 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.584 2007/09/11 23:36:46 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -2531,9 +2531,11 @@ sub preferred_languages {
 	@languages=(@languages,
 		    split(/\s*(\,|\;|\:)\s*/,$env{'environment.languages'}));
     }
-    my $browser=(split(/\;/,$ENV{'HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'}))[0];
+    my $browser=$ENV{'HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'};
     if ($browser) {
-	@languages=(@languages,split(/\s*(\,|\;|\:)\s*/,$browser));
+	my @browser = 
+	    map { (split(/\s*;\s*/,$_))[0] } (split(/\s*,\s*/,$browser));
+	push(@languages,@browser);
     }
     if (&Apache::lonnet::domain($env{'user.domain'},'lang_def')) {
 	@languages=(@languages,
@@ -2555,14 +2557,40 @@ sub preferred_languages {
     my @genlanguages;
     foreach my $lang (@languages) {
 	unless ($lang=~/\w/) { next; }
-	push (@genlanguages,$lang);
+	push(@genlanguages,$lang);
 	if ($lang=~/(\-|\_)/) {
 	    push(@genlanguages,(split(/(\-|\_)/,$lang))[0]);
 	}
     }
+    #uniqueify the languages list
+    my %count;
+    @genlanguages = map { $count{$_}++ == 0 ? $_ : () } @genlanguages;
     return @genlanguages;
 }
 
+sub languages {
+    my ($possible_langs) = @_;
+    my @preferred_langs = &preferred_languages();
+    if (!ref($possible_langs)) {
+	if( wantarray ) {
+	    return @preferred_langs;
+	} else {
+	    return $preferred_langs[0];
+	}
+    }
+    my %possibilities = map { $_ => 1 } (@$possible_langs);
+    my @preferred_possibilities;
+    foreach my $preferred_lang (@preferred_langs) {
+	if (exists($possibilities{$preferred_lang})) {
+	    push(@preferred_possibilities, $preferred_lang);
+	}
+    }
+    if( wantarray ) {
+	return @preferred_possibilities;
+    }
+    return $preferred_possibilities[0];
+}
+
 ###############################################################
 ##               Student Answer Attempts                     ##
 ###############################################################
@@ -4619,6 +4647,13 @@ table.LC_docs_adddocs th {
   background: #DDDDDD;
 }
 
+table.LC_sty_begin {
+  background: #BBFFBB;
+}
+table.LC_sty_end {
+  background: #FFBBBB;
+}
+
 END
 }