Hello, shouldn't this file be OK? =========================================================== \starttext \startcombination[2] {\framed{sometext}} {\framed{somemoretext}} \stopcombination \stoptext =========================================================== This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) \write18 enabled. entering extended mode (./simplecomb.tex{/var/tmp/tetex/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg} ConTeXt ver: 2003.3.4 fmt: 2003.3.5 int: english mes: english [...] Overfull \hbox (25.45807pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 4--4 [][] [] [] ! Missing { inserted. <to be read again> \egroup \stopcombination ->\egroup \egroup l.5 \stopcombination ? systems : end file simplecomb at line 6 ! You can't use `\end' in internal vertical mode. <recently read> \normalend l.6 \stoptext Patrick