SVN branch

Hi,

I am Joe. I have went though the changes of Branch:
http://www.abisource.com/viewvc/abiword/branches/gsoc2012table_headers/

Now I try to start merging the code now. This is my first part of work
on GSOC. so I want to know how can I start coding?

I prefer:
1. A new SVN branch based on current trunk, so that we can avoid a lot
of conflict
2. I will move the code of gsoc2012table_headers to the new branch
piece by piece
3. After merging and testing, we can merge the code to trunk


please advise~

thanks,
Joe