Table in columns or framed columns

Table in columns or framed columns

[Guillaume Chazarain]

Hi,

I cannot manage to let a long table span multiple columns, and I also
can't find a way to put a frame around a multicolumns piece of text.

I am using tetex-3.0 on Linux:
texexec : TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004
tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
context : ver: 2005.01.31
cont-en : ver: 2005.01.31  fmt: 2005.4.30  mes: english

Here is a sample:

\starttext
\startcolumns[n=2]
\starttable[|l|l|]
\HL
\NC \bf a \NC \bf b \NC\SR
\HL
\NC a \NC b \NC\FR
\dorecurse{100}{\NC \recurselevel \NC b \NC\MR}
\NC a \NC b \NC\LR
\HL
\stoptable
\stopcolumns

\startframedtext
\startcolumns[n=2]

\dorecurse{100}{\recurselevel

}

\stopcolumns
\stopframedtext
\stoptext


Subsidiary question: if \dorecurse is used to make a loop, and
\recurselevel to get the current iteration, then why does it work in the
framed text, but not in the table?

Thanks in advance for any help.

-- 
Guillaume