--- loncom/xml/lontexconvert.pm	2014/06/18 06:06:47	1.114
+++ loncom/xml/lontexconvert.pm	2016/01/22 22:31:51	1.117
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # TeX Conversion Module
 #
-# $Id: lontexconvert.pm,v 1.114 2014/06/18 06:06:47 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lontexconvert.pm,v 1.117 2016/01/22 22:31:51 damieng Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ my %unicode_translations = (
 
     ''             => 0x23a1,
     ''             => 0x23a2,
-    ''             => 0x23a3,   # when unicode catches up with browsers
-    ''             => 0x23a4,   # use these instead of the cheesey brackets below
+    ''             => 0x23a3,
+    ''             => 0x23a4,
     ''             => 0x23a5,
-    ''             => 0x23a6, 
+    ''             => 0x23a6,
 
 #  Parens - unicode for browsers/OS which support it
 
@@ -178,13 +178,14 @@ sub convert_real {
     $xmlstring=~s/^\s*\<br clear\=\"all\"/\<br/s;
     $xmlstring=~s/^\s*//;
     $xmlstring=~s/\s*$//;
+    $xmlstring=~s/^<br \/><table/<table/;
     &Apache::lonxml::end_alarm();
 
     #
-    #  Several strings produced by tth require
+    # Several strings produced by tth require
     # transliteration -> unicode equivalents to render reliably
     # in browsers. %unicode_translations and %unicode_harpoons are tables of
-    # string->substitution which we now apply. (%ascii_8bit_translations used 
+    # string->substitution which we now apply. (%ascii_8bit_translations used
     # instead for Windows XP and mobile devices.
 
     my $use_ascii;