Convention
Description
{ x | y | ... }
Alternative items are grouped in braces
and separated by vertical bars. One is
selected.
[ x | y | ... ]
Optional alternative items are grouped in
square brackets and separated by vertical
bars. One or none is selected.
{ x | y | ... } *
Alternative items are grouped in braces
and separated by vertical bars. A minimum
of one or a maximum of all can be selected.
[ x | y | ... ] *
Optional alternative items are grouped in
square brackets and separated by vertical
bars. Many or none can be selected.
#
A line starting with the # sign is comments.
II.
GUI conventions
Convention
Description
< >
Button names are inside angle brackets.
For example, click <OK>.
[ ]
Window names, menu items, data table
and field names are inside square
brackets. For example, pop up the [New
User] window.
/
Multi-level menus are separated by forward
slashes. For example, [File/Create/Folder].
