10.6 Deriving a new style from an existing one

To create a new style from an existing one, use muse-derive-style as follows. This is a good way to fix something you don't like about a particular publishing style, or to personalize it.

The derived name is a string defining the new style, such as "my-html". The base name must identify an existing style, such as "html" – if you have loaded muse-html. The style parameters are the same as those used to create a style, except that they override whatever definitions exist in the base style. However, some definitions only partially override. The following parameters support partial overriding.

See Style Elements, for a complete list of all parameters.

:functions

If a markup function is not found in the derived style's function list, the base style's function list will be queried.

:regexps

All regexps in the current style and the base style(s) will be used.

:strings

If a markup string is not found in the derived style's string list, the base style's string list will be queried.