Conventions
The manual uses the following conventions:
I. Command conventions
Convention
Description
Boldface
The keywords of a command line are in
Boldface
.
italic
Command arguments are in
italic
.
[ ]
Items (keywords or arguments) in square brackets [ ] are
optional.
{ 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.
&<1-n>
The argument(s) before the ampersand (&) sign can be
entered 1 to n times.
#
A line starting with the # sign is comments.
II. GUI conventions
Convention
Description
Boldface
Window names, button names, field names, and menu
items are in Boldface. For example, the
New User
window
appears; click
OK
.
>
Multi-level menus are separated by angle brackets. For
example,
File
>
Create
>
Folder
.
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].
