--- loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2001/10/03 13:34:22	1.134
+++ loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2001/11/07 21:26:04	1.138
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ use Apache::scripttag;
 use Apache::edit;
 use Apache::lonnet;
 use Apache::File;
+use Apache::loncommon;
 
 #==================================================   Main subroutine: xmlparse  
 #debugging control, to turn on debugging modify the correct handler
@@ -1007,7 +1008,7 @@ sub handler {
   } else {
     $request->content_type('text/html');
   }
-  
+  &Apache::loncommon::no_cache($request); 
   $request->send_http_header;
   
   return OK if $request->header_only;
@@ -1130,13 +1131,16 @@ sub register_insert {
     if ( $line =~ /^\#/ || $line =~ /^\s*\n/) { next; }
     if ( $line =~ /TABLE/ ) { last; }
     my ($tag,$descrip,$color,$function,$show) = split(/,/, $line);
-    $insertlist{"$tagnum.tag"} = $tag;
-    $insertlist{"$tagnum.description"} = $descrip;
-    $insertlist{"$tagnum.color"} = $color;
-    $insertlist{"$tagnum.function"} = $function;
-    $insertlist{"$tagnum.show"}= $show;
-    $insertlist{"$tag.num"}=$tagnum;
-    $tagnum++;
+    if ($tag) {
+      $insertlist{"$tagnum.tag"} = $tag;
+      $insertlist{"$tagnum.description"} = $descrip;
+      $insertlist{"$tagnum.color"} = $color;
+      $insertlist{"$tagnum.function"} = $function;
+      if (!defined($show)) { $show='yes'; }
+      $insertlist{"$tagnum.show"}= $show;
+      $insertlist{"$tag.num"}=$tagnum;
+      $tagnum++;
+    }
   }
   $i++; #skipping TABLE line
   $tagnum = 0;
@@ -1157,7 +1161,15 @@ sub register_insert {
 
 sub description {
   my ($token)=@_;
-  return $insertlist{$insertlist{"$token->[1].num"}.'.description'};
+  my $tagnum;
+  my $tag=$token->[1];
+  foreach my $namespace (reverse @Apache::lonxml::namespace) {
+    my $testtag=$namespace.'::'.$tag;
+    $tagnum=$insertlist{"$testtag.num"};
+    if (defined($tagnum)) { last; }
+  }
+  if (!defined ($tagnum)) { $tagnum=$Apache::lonxml::insertlist{"$tag.num"}; }
+  return $insertlist{$tagnum.'.description'};
 }
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- whichuser