diff --git a/LDP/texi2db/texi2db b/LDP/texi2db/texi2db
index 4119806a..1fffc239 100755
--- a/LDP/texi2db/texi2db
+++ b/LDP/texi2db/texi2db
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ TAG:	while ($line =~ /\@\w+\{[^\{]*?\}/) {
 		# don't process internal tag.
 		#
 		if (scalar @tableformat) {
-			if ($tableformat[-1] eq $tag) {
+			if (($infirstcol[-1]) and ($tableformat[-1] eq $tag)) {
 				&message("not doubly wrapping tag $tag") if ($verbose >2);
 				$replacement = $contents;
 				&replaceinline;
@@ -1665,7 +1665,7 @@ sub appendix {
 	&closeappendix;
 	&initnode;
 	&convertinline;
-	&normalizespecial($line);
+	&normalizespecial($nodetitle);
 	if ($nodeid) {
 		$buf .= "\<appendix id='$nodeid'\>\<title id='$nodeid-title'\>$nodetitle<\/title\>\n";
 	} else {
@@ -1898,7 +1898,7 @@ sub item {
 sub listitem {
 	&closelistitem;
 	$buf .= '<listitem>';
-	&para;
+#	&para;
 	$initem[-1] = 1;
 }