>> I am searching since several days  now .... tomorow y need a solution :-(
>>
>> I want to rotate two lines with:
>>
>> \starttext
>>    \bTABLE
>>       \bTR
>>           \bTD{\rotate[rotation=90]{first line\crlf second line}}\eTD
>>       \eTR
>>    \eTABLE
>> \stoptext
>>
>>
>> but instead of: (rotated 90°)
>>    first line
>>    second line
>>
>> I get:
>>    first linesecond line
>>
>>
>> Help. Please.
>
>
>Perhaps using two cells (one per line) will work:
>
>        \bTABLE
 >          \bTR
>               \bTD[rightframe=off]{\rotate[rotation=90]{first line}}\eTD
>               \bTD[leftframe=off]{\rotate[rotation=90]{second line}}\eTD
>               \bTD{and some text in the next column}\eTD
>           \eTR
>       \eTABLE