--- loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2003/04/03 22:34:26	1.246
+++ loncom/xml/lonxml.pm	2003/05/02 19:57:01	1.250
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # XML Parser Module 
 #
-# $Id: lonxml.pm,v 1.246 2003/04/03 22:34:26 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonxml.pm,v 1.250 2003/05/02 19:57:01 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -380,8 +380,11 @@ sub printtokenheader {
 sub fontsettings() {
     my $headerstring='';
     if (($ENV{'browser.os'} eq 'mac') && (!$ENV{'browser.mathml'})) { 
-         $headerstring.=
-             '<meta Content-Type="text/html; charset=x-mac-roman">';
+	$headerstring.=
+	    '<meta Content-Type="text/html; charset=x-mac-roman">';
+    } elsif (!$ENV{'browser.mathml'}) {
+	$headerstring.=
+	    '<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />';
     }
     return $headerstring;
 }
@@ -557,9 +560,10 @@ sub inner_xmlparse {
 	}
       }
       if (($token->[0] eq 'T') || ($token->[0] eq 'C') || ($token->[0] eq 'D') ) {
-	if ($target eq 'tex') {
-	    $result=&latex_special_symbols($result,$stack,$parstack);
-	}
+	  #Style file definitions should be correct
+	  if ($target eq 'tex' && ($Apache::lonxml::usestyle)) {
+	      $result=&latex_special_symbols($result,$stack,$parstack);
+	  }
       }
 
       # Encode any high ASCII characters
@@ -799,6 +803,7 @@ sub init_safespace {
   my ($symb,$courseid,$domain,$name) = &Apache::lonxml::whichuser();
   $rndseed=&Apache::lonnet::rndseed($symb,$courseid,$domain,$name);
   $safeinit .= ';$external::randomseed='.$rndseed.';';
+  &Apache::lonxml::debug("Setting rndseed to $rndseed");
   &Apache::run::run($safeinit,$safeeval);
 }
 
@@ -898,18 +903,23 @@ sub get_all_text_unbalanced {
 }
 
 sub increment_counter {
-    $Apache::lonxml::counter++;
+    my ($increment) = @_;
+    if (defined($increment) && $increment gt 0) {
+	$Apache::lonxml::counter+=$increment;
+    } else {
+	$Apache::lonxml::counter++;
+    }
     $Apache::lonxml::counter_changed=1;
 }
 
 sub init_counter {
     if (defined($ENV{'form.counter'})) {
 	$Apache::lonxml::counter=$ENV{'form.counter'};
+	$Apache::lonxml::counter_changed=0;
     } else {
 	$Apache::lonxml::counter=1;
-	&store_counter();
+	$Apache::lonxml::counter_changed=1;
     }
-    $Apache::lonxml::counter_changed=0;
 }
 
 sub store_counter {