\n" if $need_dd;
+ my $text = $_;
++
++ # Open tag for definition list as we have something to put in it
++ if( $ListNewTerm ){
++ print HTML "\n";
++ $ListNewTerm = 0;
++ }
++
+ if( $text =~ /\A\s+/ ){
+ process_pre( \$text );
+ print HTML "\n$text
\n";
+@@ -594,12 +599,8 @@
+ }
+ ## end of experimental
+
+- if( $after_item ){
+- $After_Lpar = 1;
+- }
+ print HTML "$text
\n";
+ }
+- print HTML "\n" if $need_dd;
+ $after_item = 0;
+ }
+ }
+@@ -1074,12 +1075,12 @@
+
+ # figure out what kind of item it is.
+ # Build string for referencing this item.
+- if ( $txt =~ /\A=item\s+\*\s*(.*)\Z/s ) { # bullet
++ if ( $txt =~ /\A=item\s+\*\s*(.*)\Z/s ) { # bulleted list
+ next unless $1;
+ $item = $1;
+ } elsif( $txt =~ /\A=item\s+(?>\d+\.?)\s*(.*)\Z/s ) { # numbered list
+ $item = $1;
+- } elsif( $txt =~ /\A=item\s+(.*)\Z/s ) { # plain item
++ } elsif( $txt =~ /\A=item\s+(.*)\Z/s ) { # definition list
+ $item = $1;
+ } else {
+ next;
+@@ -1099,12 +1100,7 @@
+ $tag =~ /head([1-6])/;
+ my $level = $1;
+
+- if( $Listlevel ){
+- warn "$0: $Podfile: unterminated list at =head in paragraph $Paragraph. ignoring.\n" unless $Quiet;
+- while( $Listlevel ){
+- process_back();
+- }
+- }
++ finish_list();
+
+ print HTML "\n";
+ if( $level == 1 && ! $Top ){
+@@ -1143,19 +1139,32 @@
+ $name = anchorify($name);
+ print HTML qq{}, process_text( \$otext ), '';
+ }
+- print HTML "\n";
++ print HTML "";
+ undef( $EmittedItem );
+ }
+
+-sub emit_li {
++sub new_listitem {
+ my( $tag ) = @_;
++ # Open tag for definition list as we have something to put in it
++ if( ($tag ne 'dl') && ($ListNewTerm) ){
++ print HTML "
\n";
++ $ListNewTerm = 0;
++ }
++
+ if( $Items_Seen[$Listlevel]++ == 0 ){
+- push( @Listend, "" );
++ # start of new list
++ push( @Listtype, "$tag" );
+ print HTML "<$tag>\n";
++ } else {
++ # if this is not the first item, close the previous one
++ if ( $tag eq 'dl' ){
++ print HTML "\n" unless $ListNewTerm;
++ } else {
++ print HTML "\n";
++ }
+ }
+- my $emitted = $tag eq 'dl' ? 'dt' : 'li';
+- print HTML "<$emitted>";
+- return $emitted;
++ my $opentag = $tag eq 'dl' ? 'dt' : 'li';
++ print HTML "<$opentag>";
+ }
+
+ #
+@@ -1163,7 +1172,6 @@
+ #
+ sub process_item {
+ my( $otext ) = @_;
+- my $need_dd = 0; # set to 1 if we need a after an item
+
+ # lots of documents start a list without doing an =over. this is
+ # bad! but, the proper thing to do seems to be to just assume
+@@ -1173,43 +1181,41 @@
+ process_over();
+ }
+
+- # formatting: insert a paragraph if preceding item has >1 paragraph
+- if( $After_Lpar ){
+- print HTML $need_dd ? "\n" : "\n" if $After_Lpar;
+- $After_Lpar = 0;
+- }
+-
+ # remove formatting instructions from the text
+ my $text = depod( $otext );
+
+- my $emitted; # the tag actually emitted, used for closing
+-
+ # all the list variants:
+ if( $text =~ /\A\*/ ){ # bullet
+- $emitted = emit_li( 'ul' );
++ new_listitem( 'ul' );
+ if ($text =~ /\A\*\s+(\S.*)\Z/s ) { # with additional text
+ my $tag = $1;
+ $otext =~ s/\A\*\s+//;
+ emit_item_tag( $otext, $tag, 1 );
++ print HTML "\n";
+ }
+
+ } elsif( $text =~ /\A\d+/ ){ # numbered list
+- $emitted = emit_li( 'ol' );
++ new_listitem( 'ol' );
+ if ($text =~ /\A(?>\d+\.?)\s*(\S.*)\Z/s ) { # with additional text
+ my $tag = $1;
+ $otext =~ s/\A\d+\.?\s*//;
+ emit_item_tag( $otext, $tag, 1 );
++ print HTML "\n";
+ }
+
+ } else { # definition list
+- $emitted = emit_li( 'dl' );
++ # new_listitem takes care of opening the