The trouble arises when I put my tables into narrower, framedtext so as to be able to force proper indentation:

\starttext

\startitemize[n]
\dorecurse{20}{\item This is a test

\startnarrower[left]
    \startframedtext[frame=off,offset=overlay]
\starttables[|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|]
      \NC (a) \NC Problem 1
      \NC (b) \NC Problem 2
      \NC (c) \NC Problem 3
      \NC (d) \NC Problem 4 \NC\NR
      \noalign{\blank[3mm]}
      \NC (e) \NC Problem 5
      \NC (f) \NC Problem 6
      \NC (g) \NC Problem 7
      \NC (h) \NC Problem 8 \NC\NR
    \stoptables
\stopframedtext
    \stopnarrower}

\stopitemize

\stoptext

On the other hand, the file:

\starttext

\startitemize[n]
\dorecurse{20}{\item This is a test

\starttables[|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|]
      \NC (a) \NC Problem 1
      \NC (b) \NC Problem 2
      \NC (c) \NC Problem 3
      \NC (d) \NC Problem 4 \NC\NR
      \noalign{\blank[3mm]}
      \NC (e) \NC Problem 5
      \NC (f) \NC Problem 6
      \NC (g) \NC Problem 7
      \NC (h) \NC Problem 8 \NC\NR
    \stoptables}

\stopitemize

\stoptext

breaks across pages properly, but the tables aren't properly aligned at the left.

cheers,
Alasdair

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 9:01 PM, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:

On 10-3-2011 8:10, Alasdair McAndrew wrote:

I am setting up notes and exercises for my students. Each set of exercises
is in an itemize environment, and each \item consists of a table of
problems. The trouble is, the itemize doesn't break across pages - I have
to put manual page breaks in.

small example needed

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