Thank you Hraban and
many thanks Wolfgang,
for your detailed explanations!

Greetings
Thomas


Am 14.11.24 um 20:13 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster:
> Thomas Meyer schrieb am 14.11.2024 um 12:02:
>> Hi Hraban,
>>
>> Wolfgangs example
>>
>> \start
>> \setupTABLE[start][frame=off,width=11mm,align=middle,offset=0pt]
>> \setupTABLE[row][first][topframe=on]
>> \setupTABLE[row][last][bottomframe=on]
>> \startTABLE
>> \NC[nc=2] Wurfstärke\\ R / H \NC\NR
>> \NC 2 \NC 3 \NC\NR
>> \stopTABLE
>> \stop
>>
>> seems to be a mixture of
>> \starttabulate
>> \NC \NC \NC\NR ...
>>
>> and
>> \setupTABLE
>> \bTABLE
>> \bTR \bTD ...
>>
>> For that what Wolfgang wrote I found nothing in the wiki.
>> No explanation for \start nor width nor the mixture(?) above ...
>> Perhaps Wolfgang can also comment on that.
>
> 1. \startTABLE
>
> The \startTABLE environment I used in my example is just a wrapper for 
> \bTABLE which saves typing for short/small tables.
>
> In the following example both tables produce the same results because 
> the first table is converted into the code used by the second table.
>
> %%%% begin example
> \starttext
>
> \startTABLE
> \NC table content \NC\NR
> \stopTABLE
>
> \bTABLE
> \bTR \bTD table content \eTD \eTR
> \eTABLE
>
> \stoptext
> %%%% end example
>
>
> 2. Table settings
>
> When you use the \bTABLE environment each cell is a \framed block 
> where you can set the width or height, framecolor etc.
>
> %%%% begin example
> \starttext
>
> \bTABLE
> \bTR \bTD[width=2cm,height=2cm,framecolor=red,align={middle,lohi}] 
> table content \eTD \eTR
> \eTABLE
>
> \startframed[width=2cm,height=2cm,framecolor=red,align={middle,lohi}] 
> table content \stopframed
>
> \stoptext
> %%%% end example
>
>
> 3. \setupTABLE
>
> With the \setupTABLE command you can change the values which are used 
> to format the cells of the table.
>
> With the first two optional arguments you can control whether settings 
> are applied only to certain table rows or columns but also for certain 
> cells (e.g. row 3 column 2).
>
> %%%% begin example
> \starttext
>
> \setupTABLE[framecolor=red]
>
> \bTABLE
> \bTR \bTD first table \eTD \eTR
> \eTABLE
>
> \stoptext
> %%%% end example
>
>
> 4. \start
>
> When you use the \setupTABLE command like shown below the settings are 
> applied to all the following tables.
>
> %%%% begin example
> \starttext
>
> \setupTABLE[framecolor=red]
>
> \bTABLE
> \bTR \bTD first table \eTD \eTR
> \eTABLE
>
> \bTABLE
> \bTR \bTD second table \eTD \eTR
> \eTABLE
>
> \stoptext
> %%%% end example
>
> To ensure the new color for the frame is only applied to the first 
> table add \start before you change the value with \setupTABLE and 
> \stop after the table.
>
> When you do this you create a local group where the changed frame 
> color is kept local to the group.
>
> %%%% begin example
> \starttext
>
> \start
> \setupTABLE[framecolor=red]
> \bTABLE
> \bTR \bTD first table \eTD \eTR
> \eTABLE
> \stop
>
> \bTABLE
> \bTR \bTD second table \eTD \eTR
> \eTABLE
>
> \stoptext
> %%%% end example
>
> When you have multiple tables with the same style you don't want to 
> change the table values each time by hand.
>
> The method of choice here is to collect all changes to the table 
> layout in a \startsetups block (the argument is just a name for the 
> block) and load it afterwards at the start of the table with the 
> setups key.
>
> %%%% begin example
> \starttext
>
> \startsetups [redtableframe]
> \setupTABLE[framecolor=red]
> \stopsetups
>
> \bTABLE[setups=redtableframe]
> \bTR \bTD first table \eTD \eTR
> \eTABLE
>
> \bTABLE
> \bTR \bTD second table \eTD \eTR
> \eTABLE
>
> \stoptext
> %%%% end example
>
> Wolfgang
>