Hi, is it possible to support columnspan in tabulate.
\def\tabulateuse#1% {\dorecurse{\numexpr2*#1-1\relax}{\span}} \setuptabulate[inner=\let\use\tabulateuse\defineTABLEshorthands] \starttext \starttable[|l|l|l|l|] \NC a \NC b \NC c \NC d \AR \NC 1 \NC \TWO 2 \NC 4 \AR \stoptable \starttabulate[|l|Bl|l|l|] \NC a \NC b \NC c \NC d \NR \NC 1 \NC 2 \TWO \NC 4 \NR \stoptabulate \stoptext Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________