Document Conventions
This manual uses the following typographic conventions:
Table 1
Typographic Conventions
Convention
[Menu->Menu Option]
FILENAME.C
"enter this string"
Key + Key
(The "how to" symbol)
Bold text with '->' is used to indicate menu options
(for example, [File->Save As...]).
Uppercase names are used to indicate filenames.
Used to indicate text that must be entered (excluding the "" quotes).
Used to indicate required key presses. For example, CTRL+N means
press the CTRL key and then, whilst holding the CTRL key down,
press the N key.
When this symbol is used, it is always located in the left hand margin.
It indicates that the text to its immediate right is describing "how to"
do something.
Meaning