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<H1>1.6. Creating New Table Styles</H1>
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<H2><A NAME="Using Event Processing">1.6.1. Using Event Processing</A></H2>
<P>SDF's event processing feature makes it easy to create a new table style from an existing one. For example, the following line makes <EM>schedule</EM> a variation of the <EM>shade</EM> style:</P>
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!on table 'schedule';; $style='shade'; $param{"wide"} = 1
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<H2><A NAME="Using Mapping Tables">1.6.2. Using Mapping Tables</A></H2>
<P>SDF uses the <EM>tablestyles</EM> filter to define the mapping between an SDF table style and a target table style. For example:</P>
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!block tablestyles
Name To
columns Columns
rows Rows
grid Grid
plain Plain
box Box
shade Shade
!endblock
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<H2><A NAME="Creating New Target Phrase Styles">1.6.3. Creating New Target Phrase Styles</A></H2>
<P>SDF makes it easy to define new target table styles by inheriting configuration details from an existing style.</P>
<P>See the <TT>look/simple/mif.sdn</TT> file in the SDF distribution for examples.</P>
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