28.9.4.3 Putting it all together

To construct a two-column HTML table around the dictionary list (after §28.9.4.2 Assembling the pieces), you can use the following settings:

[HTMLParaStyles]

*=CodeBefore

[ParaStyleCodeBefore]

List_Term=<$TableStart>

List_Defn=<$BetweenCells>

Defn*=

Italics=

CodeStyle=

*=<$TableEnd>

Only the two formats that form the dictionary list need the <$TableStart> and <$BetweenCells> macros; other formats either do not need to be involved in constructing the table, or are not part of the list. Empty settings for the other paragraph and character formats used in the list prevent the table from ending prematurely. All other formats are assigned <$TableEnd>, which acts only when a table is being generated from a list.

The macros are defined as follows:

[TableStart]

<$_if ($$InTable==0)><table attr=val ... ><$$InTable=1>\

<$_else></td></tr><$_endif>\

<tr><td>

[BetweenCells]

</td><td>

[TableEnd]

<$_if ($$InTable==1)></td></tr></table><$$InTable=0><$_endif>

Next, see §28.9.4.4 Making it work everywhere.

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