2006/10/11, Gerhard Kugler <praxis@psychotherapie-kugler.de>:

> On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 07:21:54PM +0100, Sanjoy Mahajan wrote:
> >
> > I ran it here (ver: 2006.10.05).  With just \placetable[here], it
> > doesn't split.  With \placetable[here,split], it splits it into two
> > parts with Table 1.a on one page and Table 1.b on the other page.
>
> With my version (of Debian sarge) this option (split) has no
> influence. I get one page.
>
> I guess I must install a new version of ConteXt (texexec). Till now I
> install all my software with apt-get. Do I have to install texexec
> directly now?
>
> >
> > The "Obertext zum Ganzen" is only on the first page, which is what the
> > .tex code should do (but maybe you wanted it repeated at the top of
> > each split page?).
>
> It is not necessary to repeat this row on each page. But here it is
> repeated automatically at the buttom margin (see appendix). My
> dvi-file is created with the split option.
>
> Gerhard
>
> --
> Gerhard Kugler
> Psychotherapeut
> Bensheim (Germany)
> http://www.psychotherapie-kugler.de


Hi Gerhard,

I looked into your log file and it shows

  ConTeXt  ver: 2003.1.31  fmt: 2006.1.23  int: english  mes: english

It's an ancient ConTeXt version, you need to uprade your ConTeXt version
first to get a splittet table.

You should download the latest stable version from pragma.

If you want a repeated header on every page try to put
  \setuptables[split=repeat]
into your document.

With new versions from ConTeXt you do no longer the
   \starttables ... \stoptables
command.

Hans changed it to control table splitting completely with split-option
in \setuptables and makes to let the normal  \starttable-environment
split when neccessary.

You should look at the wiki how to upgrade your TeX-distribution.
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Debian_installation

Wolfgang