1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>3.�Typographical Conventions</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="cs.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.0"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Sourcery CodeBench Lite"><link rel="up" href="pr01.html" title="Preface"><link rel="prev" href="pr01s02.html" title="2.�Organization"><link rel="next" href="chap-quickstart.html" title="Chapter�1.�Quick Start"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">3.�Typographical Conventions</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pr01s02.html">Prev</a>�</td><th width="60%" align="center">Preface</th><td width="20%" align="right">�<a accesskey="n" href="chap-quickstart.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="idm46915334084640"></a>3.�Typographical Conventions</h2></div></div></div><p> 2 The following typographical conventions are used in this guide: 3 </p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">> command arg ...</code></span></dt><dd><p> 4 A command, typed by the user, and its output. The 5 <span class="quote">“<span class="quote"><code class="literal">></code></span>”</span> character is 6 the command prompt. 7 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="command">command</code></span></dt><dd><p> 8 The name of a program, when used in a sentence, rather than 9 in literal input or output. 10 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">literal</code></span></dt><dd><p> 11 Text provided to or received from a computer program. 12 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>placeholder</code></em></span></dt><dd><p> 13 Text that should be replaced with an appropriate value when 14 typing a command. 15 </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">\</code></span></dt><dd><p> 16 At the end of a line in command or program examples, indicates 17 that a long line of literal input or output continues onto the 18 next line in the document. 19 </p></dd></dl></div><p> 20 </p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pr01s02.html">Prev</a>�</td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="pr01.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right">�<a accesskey="n" href="chap-quickstart.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">2.�Organization�</td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top">�Chapter�1.�Quick Start</td></tr></table></div></body></html> 21