On Tue, 10 Nov 2020 at 17:37, Pablo Rodriguez <oinos@gmx.es> wrote:

> On 11/10/20 5:23 PM, Sylvain Hubert wrote:
> > My mistake, but the problem survives the fix:
> >
> >     \setuphead[section][after={\blank[samepage,big]}]
> >     \starttext
> >     \showframe
> >     \dorecurse{50}{a }
> >     \startsection[title=spec]
> >     \startxtable
> Hi Sylvain,
>
> no fix is required when you allow the table to be split:
>
>     \startxtable[split=yes]
>
> Pablo
>

Hi Pablo,

Thanks for the suggestion, but unlike the MWE, in the original document,
the table has ten rows and is visually not suitable for a split. The large
row span is meant to represent this restriction.

Sylvain