Hi Happy new year: Just curious - I tried this again after some months with the latest beta - it fails differently now: system > tex > error on line 8 in file csetest.tex: Undefined control sequence ... 1 \setuppapersize[A4][A4] 2 \definecolumnset[columntest][n=3]% 3 \definecolumnsetspan[wide][n=2]% 4 \starttext 5 \startcolumnset[columntest] 6 \input knuth 7 \startcolumnsetspan[wide]% 8 >> \dorecurse{3}{\input knuth\par} 9 \stopcolumnsetspan 10 \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth\par} 11 \stopcolumnset 12 \stoptext 13 \dostartcolumnsetspan ...group \dostartframedtext {cs:#1}[\v!none ]\ifnum \c... <to be read again> \dorecurse l.8 \dorecurse {3}{\input knuth\par} ? Cheers Gordon