Conventions - Silicon Graphics Prism Hardware User's Manual

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Conventions

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The following conventions are used throughout this publication:
Convention Meaning
This fixed-space font denotes literal items such as commands, files,
Command
routines, path names, signals, messages, and programming language
structures.
variable Italic typeface denotes variable entries and words or concepts being
defined. Italic typeface also is used for book titles.
This fixed-space font denotes literal items that the user enters in
user input
interactive sessions. (Output is shown in nonbold, fixed-space font.)
[ ] Brackets enclose optional portions of a command or directive line.
... Ellipses indicate that a preceding element can be repeated.
Man page section identifiers appear in parentheses after man page
man page(x)
names.
GUI element This font denotes the names of graphical user interface (GUI)
elements such as windows, screens, dialog boxes, menus, toolbars,
icons, buttons, boxes, fields, and lists.
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