On 2013–02–28 Matthias Weber wrote:
-- without gaps between horizontal rows -- with text centered in the frames also in MkIV?
See Adityas answer for how to fix your current code.
-- achieve the desired layout (exact dimensions, frames, no gaps) the right way,
There is no “right” way. Here's how I would approach that: \usemodule [database] \definefont [MyBigFont] [Serif at 24pt] \defineseparatedlist [MyTable] [before=\bTABLE, after=\eTABLE, first=\bTR, last=\eTR, left=\bTD, right=\eTD, setups=my:table] \startsetups [my:table] \setupTABLE [split=yes, width=5cm, height=4cm, style=MyBigFont] \setupTABLE [each] [align={middle,lohi}] \stopsetups \starttext \startMyTable Jim , Mary , John Patsy , Bob , Linda Mike , Babsy , Bill Liz , Dave , Jenny Dick , Sue , Chuck Maggie , Joe , Dolley Tom , Lisa , Chris Nancy , Paul , Betty \stopMyTable \stoptext Marco