@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ INF: while(<$inf>) {

         } elsif ($ended =~ /^(?:example|smallexample|display)$/) {

             $shift = "";

             $_ = "";        # need a paragraph break

-        } elsif ($ended =~ /^(?:itemize|enumerate|[fv]?table)$/) {

+        } elsif ($ended =~ /^(?:itemize|enumerate|(?:multi|[fv])?table)$/) {

             $_ = "\n=back\n";

             $ic = pop @icstack;

         } else {

@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ INF: while(<$inf>) {

         $endw = "enumerate";

     };

-    /^\@([fv]?table)\s+(\@[a-z]+)/ and do {

+    /^\@((?:multi|[fv])?table)\s+(\@[a-z]+)/ and do {

         push @endwstack, $endw;

         push @icstack, $ic;

         $endw = $1;

@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ INF: while(<$inf>) {

         $ic =~ s/\@(?:code|kbd)/C/;

         $ic =~ s/\@(?:dfn|var|emph|cite|i)/I/;

         $ic =~ s/\@(?:file)/F/;

+        $ic =~ s/\@(?:columnfractions)//;

         $_ = "\n=over 4\n";

     };

@@ -282,6 +283,21 @@ INF: while(<$inf>) {

         $_ = "";        # need a paragraph break

     };

+    /^\@item\s+(.*\S)\s*$/ and $endw eq "multitable" and do {

+        my $columns = $1;

+        $columns =~ s/\@tab/ : /;

+

+        $_ = "\n=item B<". $columns .">\n";

+    };

+

+    /^\@tab\s+(.*\S)\s*$/ and $endw eq "multitable" and do {

+        my $columns = $1;

+        $columns =~ s/\@tab/ : /;

+

+        $_ = " : ". $columns;

+        $section =~ s/\n+\s+$//;

+    };

+

     /^\@itemx?\s*(.+)?$/ and do {

         if (defined $1) {

             # Entity escapes prevent munging by the <> processing below.