B.3 Conventions: Fonts and symbols
The following table explains the text formatting conventions used in this manual:
Text formatting |
Convention |
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Bold |
Bold characters indicate text in a window, other than the window title. Such text includes menus, menu options, buttons, radio box options, or explanatory labels. For example:
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Italic |
Italic characters indicate a placeholder for some actual text to be provided by the user or system. For example:
Italic characters are also used for emphasis. For example:
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Monospace |
Monospace characters indicate text that the user enters without change, or text (such as messages) output by the system. For example:
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underline |
The underline indicates the default value among two or more values enclosed in selection symbols. |
The following table explains the symbols used by this manual in syntax explanations:
The following table explains the syntax elements used in this manual:
Syntax element |
Characters that can be specified |
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<unsigned integer> |
<numeric characters> + |