diff --git a/src/elogd.c b/src/elogd.c
index 591a6596..32bd9151 100755
--- a/src/elogd.c
+++ b/src/elogd.c
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
    Contents:     Web server program for Electronic Logbook ELOG
 
    $Log$
+   Revision 1.709  2005/07/21 09:19:13  ritt
+   Put back erraneously deleted lines
+
    Revision 1.708  2005/07/20 21:24:01  ritt
    Implemented conditional attributes also for display
 
@@ -6196,6 +6199,12 @@ void rsputs2(const char *str)
                strcat(return_buffer, ">");
                j += 4;
                break;
+            
+            /* suppress escape character '\' in front of HTML or ELCode tag */  	 
+            case '\\': 	 
+               if (str[i+1] != '<' && str[i+1] != '[') 	 
+                  return_buffer[j++] = str[i]; 	 
+               break;
 
             /* the translation for the search highliting */
             case '\001':