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Conventions
This document uses the following conventions:
I. General conventions
Convention
Arial
Arial Narrow
Terminal Display
II. Command conventions
Convention
boldface font
italic font
[ ]
{ x | y | ... }
[ x | y | ... ]
{ x | y | ... } *
[ x | y | ... ] *
!
III. GUI conventions
Convention
< >
[ ]
/
Normal paragraphs are in Arial.
Warnings, cautions, notes and tips are in Arial Narrow.
Terminal Display is in
via the terminal is in boldface.
Command keywords (which must be input unchanged) are in boldface.
Command arguments for which you supply values are in italics.
Elements in square brackets [ ] are optional.
Alternative keywords are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars. One is
selected.
Optional alternative keywords are grouped in square brackets and separated by
vertical bars. One (or none) is selected.
Alternative keywords are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars. A
minimum of one and maximum of all can be selected.
Optional alternative keywords are grouped in square brackets and separated by
vertical bars. Many (or none) are selected.
A line starting with an exclamation mark is comments.
Message entered via the terminal is within angle brackets.
MMIs, menu items, data table and field names are inside square brackets [ ].
Multi-level menus are separated by forward slashes (/). Menu items are in
boldface. For example, [File/Create/Folder].
Description
Courier New; message input by the user
Description
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