(reference, http://tug.org/pipermail/tex4ht/2013q3/000872.html)

I found that enumeration or itemize lists are not processed in the first section when using {multicol}

Here is a screen shot:

http://12000.org/tmp/082613/htlatex.png

Here is a MWE. Linux mint, TL 2013 with the new htlatex support for multicol. This only happens for the first section that first time uses enumerate or itemize list, even if this section is not the first one in the document.

thanks
--Nasser

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\documentclass{article}%
\usepackage{multicol}
\setlength{\columnseprule}{1pt}

\begin{document}
\begin{multicols}{2}

\section{section 1}

This is section one
\begin{enumerate} % this list do not display right in HTML
\item 1
\item 2
\end{enumerate}

%----------------------------------------%
\section{section 2}

This is section two

\begin{enumerate} % this list is OK in html
\item 1
\item 2
\end{enumerate}
\end{multicols}
\end{document}
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