--- loncom/xml/lontexconvert.pm	2008/02/06 10:16:00	1.87
+++ loncom/xml/lontexconvert.pm	2008/11/18 10:02:56	1.90
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # TeX Conversion Module
 #
-# $Id: lontexconvert.pm,v 1.87 2008/02/06 10:16:00 foxr Exp $
+# $Id: lontexconvert.pm,v 1.90 2008/11/18 10:02:56 hauer Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -219,7 +219,9 @@ sub jsMath_converted {
 
 sub tex_engine {
     if (exists($env{'form.texengine'})) {
-	return $env{'form.texengine'};
+	if ($env{'form.texengine'} ne '') {
+            return $env{'form.texengine'};
+        }
     }    
     if ($env{'request.course.id'}
 	&& exists($env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.texengine'})) {
@@ -251,7 +253,7 @@ sub mimetex_converted {
     if ($displaystyle) {
 	$$texstring='\\displaystyle \\Large '.$$texstring;
     }
-    my $result='<img src="/cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?'.&escape($$texstring).'" />';
+    my $result='<img src="/cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?'.&escape($$texstring).'" alt="$'.$$texstring.'$" />';
     if ($displaystyle) {
 	$result='<center>'.$result.'</center>';
     }
@@ -351,7 +353,7 @@ sub msgtexconverted {
 sub algebra {
     use AlgParser;
 
-    my ($string,$target,$style)=@_;
+    my ($string,$target,$style,$parstack,$safeeval)=@_;
     my $parser = new AlgParserWithImplicitExpand;
     $string=&prepare_algebra($string);
     my $ret = $parser->parse($string);
@@ -368,7 +370,9 @@ sub algebra {
 	    $latex='\\ensuremath{'.$latex.'}';
 	}
 	if ($target eq 'web' || $target eq 'analyze') {
-	    $result = &converted(\$latex);
+            my $display=&Apache::lonxml::get_param('display',$parstack,$safeeval);
+            $result = &converted(\$latex,$display);
+#	    $result = &converted(\$latex);
 	} else {
 	    $result = $latex;
 	}