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< [[Tables Overview]]| [[XML]] >
This mighty table mode is called "natural tables" or "automatic tables". I'd call it "HTML tables", because it's very similar to them. They're especially suited for [[XML ]] conversions.
Beware: every element must use <tt>\b</tt> ... <tt>\e</tt>!
<texcode>
\setupTABLE[row][odd][background=color,backgroundcolor=red, width=.3\textwidth]
\bTABLE[split=yes]
\bTR \bTD[nr=3] 1 \eTD \bTD[nc=2] 2/3 \eTD \bTD[nr=3] 4 \eTD \eTR
You get automatic page breaking with the option <tt>[split=yes]</tt>.
 
The sample looks like this:
 
<context>
\setupTABLE[row][odd][background=color,backgroundcolor=red, width=.3\textwidth]
\bTABLE[split=yes]
\bTR \bTD[nr=3] 1 \eTD \bTD[nc=2] 2/3 \eTD \bTD[nr=3] 4 \eTD \eTR
\bTR \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \eTR
\bTR \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \eTR
\bTR \bTD[nc=3] 1/2/3 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR
\bTR \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR
\eTABLE
</context>