1.5. Creating New Phrase Styles

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1.5.1. Using Event Processing

SDF's event processing feature makes it easy to create a new phrase style from an existing one. For example, the following line makes LIB an alias of the S style:

!on phrase 'LIB';; $style='S'

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1.5.2. Using Mapping Tables

SDF uses the phrasestyles filter to define the mapping between an SDF phrase style and a target phrase style. For example:

!block phrasestyles
Name    To

# Emphasis
A       Default
B       Bold
I       Italic
N       Normal
U       Underline
E       Filename
JUMP    Jump
1       =I
2       =B
3       =U
S       =2
SUB     Subscript
SUP     Superscript
!endblock

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1.5.3. Creating New Target Phrase Styles

SDF makes it easy to define new target phrase styles by inheriting configuration details from an existing style.

See the look/simple/mif.sdn file in the SDF distribution for examples.