No, in ConTeXt one NEVER, EVER mixes key=value lists with simple keywords (parsing would otherwise be very less efficient). The feature to be able to declare a "namespace" (such as the one called "suffix") having particular values of its parameters is really powerful. Think of it as "xtable:suffix" that inherits from the namespace "xtable" but then lives a life of its own... \startxcell takes and optional namespace specification, i.e. [suffix] and an optional key=value list of parameters, i.e. [ny=2,...]. These parameters override locally the values that are otherwise carried by the namespace. ConTeXt gurus: I hope that I have gotten this explanation right. Alan On Fri, 5 Jan 2018 17:12:40 +0100 Floris van Manen wrote:

apparently

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\startxcell[suffix][ny=2] cell a 1 \stopxcell

should be

\startxcell[suffix, ny=2] cell a 1 \stopxcell

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On 5 Jan 2018, at 14:32, Hans Hagen wrote:

On 1/5/2018 4:57 AM, Henri wrote:

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Dear list, The Natural Tables have this great feature that I can control the layout with rowwise, columnwise, or cellwise setups. For example: \starttext \setupTABLE [frame=off] \setupTABLE [r] [first] [topframe=on,bottomframe=on,style=bold] \setupTABLE [c] [2] [style=italic] \setupTABLE [2] [3] [color=red] \setupTABLE [r] [last] [bottomframe=on] \startTABLE \NC A \NC A \NC A \NC\NR \NC B \NC B \NC B \NC\NR \NC C \NC C \NC C \NC\NR \NC D \NC D \NC D \NC\NR \NC E \NC E \NC E \NC\NR \stopTABLE \stoptext

it's also an extremely inefficient method

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How can I do such a thing with Extreme Tables? If it is not yet possible I'd like to request the inclusion of such a mechanism. from the manual, named setups:

\setupxtable[suffix][align=middle,foregroundcolor=red] \setupxtable[blabla][foregroundstyle=slanted] \setupxtable[crap] [foregroundcolor=blue] \setupxtable[bold] [crap][foregroundstyle=bold]

\startxtable % [frame=off] \startxtablehead \startxrow[bold] \startxcell[suffix] head a \stopxcell \startxcell[blabla] head b \stopxcell \startxcell head c \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtablehead \startxtablebody \startxrow \startxcell[suffix][ny=2] cell a 1 \stopxcell \startxcell cell b 1 \stopxcell \startxcell cell c 1 \stopxcell \stopxrow \startxrow \startxcell cell b 2 \stopxcell \startxcell cell c 2 \stopxcell \stopxrow \startxrow \startxcell[suffix] cell a 3 \stopxcell \startxcell cell b 3 \stopxcell \startxcell cell c 3 \stopxcell \stopxrow \startxrow \startxcell[suffix] cell a 4 \stopxcell \startxcell cell b 4 \stopxcell \startxcell cell c 4 \stopxcell \stopxrow \startxrow \startxcell[suffix] cell a 5 \stopxcell \startxcell cell b 5 \stopxcell \startxcell cell c 5 \stopxcell \stopxrow \stopxtablebody \stopxtable

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