Conventions
This document uses the following conventions:
I. General conventions
Convention Description
Arial
Normal paragraphs are in Arial.
Arial Narrow
Warnings, cautions, notes and tips are in Arial Narrow.
Terminal Display
Terminal Display is in
Courier New
; message input by the user
via the terminal is in
boldface
.
II. Command conventions
Convention Description
boldface
font
Command keywords (which must be input unchanged) are in
boldface
.
italic
font
Command arguments for which you supply values are in
italics
.
[ ]
Elements in square brackets [ ] are optional.
{ x | y | ... }
Alternative keywords are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars. One is
selected.
[ x | y | ... ]
Optional alternative keywords are grouped in square brackets and separated by
vertical bars. One (or none) is selected.
{ x | y | ... } *
Alternative keywords are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars. A
minimum of one and maximum of all can be selected.
[ x | y | ... ] *
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.
III. GUI conventions
Convention Description
< >
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].