Hello again...

> >no, new version did not help. Same results. Even tried the cont-loc
> > stuff you sent.
>
> do you mean that the following does not obey the grid?

the example works fine for me. Maybe I should clear something: I am not 
talking about grid (even though it happens with grid switched on). I am 
talking about the nested itemizations:

\mainlanguage[de]
\starttext
\startitemize[n]
\item \startitemize[a]
\item "U
\stopitemize
\stopitemize
\stoptext

Just have a look at the 1 and the a. They are not on the same baseline. The 
baseline of the 'a' is a bit lower than the baseline of the '1'

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Viele Grüße, 

    Patrick Gundlach