--- loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2003/10/23 18:14:16	1.286
+++ loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2003/10/29 18:29:24	1.289
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # XML Parser Module 
 #
-# $Id: lonxml.pm,v 1.286 2003/10/23 18:14:16 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonxml.pm,v 1.289 2003/10/29 18:29:24 sakharuk Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ sub xmlparse {
  &Apache::inputtags::initialize_inputtags();
  &Apache::outputtags::initialize_outputtags();
  &Apache::edit::initialize_edit();
+ &Apache::londefdef::initialize_londefdef();
 
 #
 # do we have a course style file?
@@ -394,7 +395,7 @@ sub latex_special_symbols {
 	$string =~ s/_/ /g;
     } else {
 	$string=~s/\\ /\\char92 /g;
-	$string=~s/\^/\\char94 /g;
+	$string=~s/\^/\\\^ /g;
 	$string=~s/\~/\\char126 /g;
 	$string=~s/(&[^A-Za-z\#])/\\$1/g;
 	$string=~s/([^&])\#/$1\\#/g;