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notation conventions are used with standard text.
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- Menu titles, menu items, button names, and other text
appears in
this type face. For example:
To close a window, select
Close from the
Message
pull-down menu.
- Commands appear in
this type face. For example:
Enter the
date command to view or set the date.
- User input appears in
this type face. For example:
Enter user ID:
newuser
- Command-line options (sometimes referred to as
switches) appear in
this type face. For example:
The
-a option deletes all breakpoints.
- Filenames appear in
this type face. For example:
stdio.h
myfile.c
- Computer-generated text, prompts, and messages
appear in
this type face. For example:
Can't open file
Enter user ID:
- Code examples appear in
this
type face. For example:
for (i=0; i<MAX ; i++) x[i] = y[i];
- New terms appear in
this type face. For example:
Local variables are recognized only inside their functions.
- Book titles appear in
this type face. For example:
For more information, see the
OSF/Motif User's Guide.
Syntax specifications use these notation conventions.