--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2006/03/06 19:56:57	1.683.2.19
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2006/06/05 20:10:20	1.683.2.22
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.683.2.19 2006/03/06 19:56:57 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.683.2.22 2006/06/05 20:10:20 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ sub transfer_profile_to_env {
     for ($envi=0;$envi<=$#profile;$envi++) {
 	chomp($profile[$envi]);
 	my ($envname,$envvalue)=split(/=/,$profile[$envi],2);
+	$envname=&unescape($envname);
+	$envvalue=&unescape($envvalue);
 	$env{$envname} = $envvalue;
         if (my ($key,$time) = ($envname =~ /^(cgi\.(\d+)_\d+\.)/)) {
             if ($time < time-300) {
@@ -324,6 +326,8 @@ sub appenv {
         chomp($oldenv[$i]);
         if ($oldenv[$i] ne '') {
 	    my ($name,$value)=split(/=/,$oldenv[$i],2);
+	    $name=&unescape($name);
+	    $value=&unescape($value);
 	    unless (defined($newenv{$name})) {
 		$newenv{$name}=$value;
 	    }
@@ -336,7 +340,7 @@ sub appenv {
 	}
 	my $newname;
 	foreach $newname (keys %newenv) {
-	    print $fh "$newname=$newenv{$newname}\n";
+	    print $fh &escape($newname).'='.&escape($newenv{$newname})."\n";
 	}
 	close($fh);
     }
@@ -348,7 +352,6 @@ sub appenv {
 
 sub delenv {
     my $delthis=shift;
-    my %newenv=();
     if (($delthis=~/user\.role/) || ($delthis=~/user\.priv/)) {
         &logthis("<font color=\"blue\">WARNING: ".
                 "Attempt to delete from environment ".$delthis);
@@ -380,12 +383,14 @@ sub delenv {
 	    close($fh);
 	    return 'error: '.$!;
 	}
-	foreach (@oldenv) {
-	    if ($_=~/^$delthis/) { 
-                my ($key,undef) = split('=',$_,2);
+	foreach my $cur_key (@oldenv) {
+	    my $unescaped_cur_key = &unescape($cur_key);
+	    if ($unescaped_cur_key=~/^$delthis/) { 
+                my ($key) = split('=',$cur_key,2);
+		$key = &unescape($key);
                 delete($env{$key});
             } else {
-                print $fh $_; 
+                print $fh $cur_key; 
             }
 	}
 	close($fh);
@@ -4872,8 +4877,14 @@ sub EXT {
 	    if ( (defined($Apache::lonhomework::parsing_a_problem)
 		  || defined($Apache::lonhomework::parsing_a_task))
 		 &&
-		 ($symbparm eq &symbread()) ) {
-		return $Apache::lonhomework::history{$qualifierrest};
+		 ($symbparm eq &symbread()) ) {	
+		# if we are in the middle of processing the resource the
+		# get the value we are planning on committing
+                if (defined($Apache::lonhomework::results{$qualifierrest})) {
+                    return $Apache::lonhomework::results{$qualifierrest};
+                } else {
+                    return $Apache::lonhomework::history{$qualifierrest};
+                }
 	    } else {
 		my %restored;
 		if ($publicuser || $env{'request.state'} eq 'construct') {
@@ -4965,7 +4976,7 @@ sub EXT {
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------- Cascading lookup scheme
 	    my $symbp=$symbparm;
-	    my $mapp=(&decode_symb($symbp))[0];
+	    my $mapp=&deversion((&decode_symb($symbp))[0]);
 
 	    my $symbparm=$symbp.'.'.$spacequalifierrest;
 	    my $mapparm=$mapp.'___(all).'.$spacequalifierrest;