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diff --git a/tex/context/base/tabl-tbl.lua b/tex/context/base/tabl-tbl.lua
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+if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['tabl-tbl'] = {
+    version   = 1.001,
+    comment   = "companion to tabl-tbl.mkiv",
+    author    = "Hans Hagen, PRAGMA-ADE, Hasselt NL",
+    copyright = "PRAGMA ADE / ConTeXt Development Team",
+    license   = "see context related readme files"
+}
+
+-- A couple of hacks ... easier to do in Lua than in regular
+-- TeX. More will follow.
+
+local tonumber = tonumber
+local gsub, rep, sub = string.gsub, string.rep, string.sub
+
+local P, C, Cc, Ct, lpegmatch = lpeg.P, lpeg.C, lpeg.Cc, lpeg.Ct, lpeg.match
+
+local settexcount = tex.setcount
+
+local separator = P("|")
+local nested    = lpeg.patterns.nested
+local pattern   = Ct((separator * (C(nested) + Cc("")) * C((1-separator)^0))^0)
+
+function commands.presettabulate(preamble)
+    preamble = gsub(preamble, "%*(%b{})(%b{})", function(n,p)
+        return rep(sub(p,2,-2),tonumber(sub(n,2,-2)) or 1)
+    end)
+    local t = lpegmatch(pattern,preamble)
+    local m = #t - 2
+    settexcount("global","noftabulatecolumns", m/2)
+    settexcount("global","tabulatehasfirstrulespec", t[1] == "" and 0 or 1)
+    settexcount("global","tabulatehaslastrulespec", t[m+1] == "" and 0 or 1)
+    for i=1,m,2 do
+        context.settabulateentry(t[i],t[i+1])
+    end
+    context.setlasttabulateentry(t[m+1])
+end