context thisfile, xp or non-xp, fails. \definecolumnset[example][n=4] \definecolumnsetarea [one][both] [x=1,y=15,nx=4,ny=5, background=contrast,state=repeat] \definecolumnsetarea [two][both] [x=4,y=10,nx=1,ny=6,location=depth, background=contrast,state=repeat] \starttext \startcolumnset[example] \dorecurse{30}{\input tufte} \stopcolumnset \stoptext \*modern12ptrmtfrm* a-rate the sheep from ! Missing \endcsname inserted. <to be read again> \relax \dostepwiserecurse ...erocount \ifnum #2<#1\relax \else d\fi \else \ifnum #3... \docalculatecolumnsetspan ...tance \recurselevel } \!!widthb \!!widtha \advan... \dodoplacecolumntextareas ...lculatecolumnsetspan \!!heighta \columntextarea... \docommand ...placecolumntextareas {#1}{\v!right } \else \doglobal \removefro... \next1 #1,->\docommand {#1} \doprocesscommaitem ... l.13 \stopcolumnset This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.36.0-2009032423, build unknown MtxRun | current version: 2009.03.24 17:07 Cheers -- Diego Depaoli