--- loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2000/09/19 18:05:21	1.20
+++ loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2000/10/02 22:19:19	1.22
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ sub xmlparse {
  $safeeval->deny(":base_io");
 #need to inspect this class of ops
 # $safeeval->deny(":base_orig");
- if ( $safeinit ne '') {&Apache::run::run($safeinit,$safeeval);}
+ $safeinit .= ';$external::target='.$target.';';
+ &Apache::run::run($safeinit,$safeeval);
 #-------------------- Redefinition of the target in the case of compound target
 
  ($target, my @tenta) = split('&&',$target);
@@ -164,13 +165,13 @@ sub callsub {
   {
     no strict 'refs';
     if (my $space=$Apache::lonxml::alltags{$token->[1]}) {
-      #print "Calling sub $sub in $space<br>\n";
+      &Apache::lonxml::debug("Calling sub $sub in $space<br>\n");
       $sub="$space\:\:$sub";
       $Apache::lonxml::curdepth=join('_',@Apache::lonxml::depthcounter);
       $currentstring = &$sub($target,$token,$parstack,$parser,
 			     $safeeval,$style);
     } else {
-      #print "NOT Calling sub $sub<br>\n";
+      &Apache::lonxml::debug("NOT Calling sub $sub in $space<br>\n");
       if (defined($token->[4])) {
 	$currentstring = $token->[4];
       } else {
@@ -240,6 +241,24 @@ sub parstring {
   } @{$token->[3]};
   return $temp;
 }
+
+$Apache::lonxml::debug=0;
+sub debug {
+  if ($Apache::lonxml::debug eq 1) {
+    print "DEBUG:".$_[0]."<br>\n";
+  }
+}
+sub error {
+  if ($Apache::lonxml::debug eq 1) {
+    print "ERROR:".$_[0]."<br>\n";
+  }
+}
+sub warning {
+  if ($Apache::lonxml::debug eq 1) {
+    print "WARNING:".$_[0]."<br>\n";
+  }
+}
+
 1;
 __END__