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Conventions Used in This Guide
These type conventions and symbols are used in this guide:
- Italics
- Executable names, filenames, IRIX commands, manual/book titles, new terms, program variables, tools, utilities, variable command-line arguments, and variables to be supplied by the user in examples, code, and syntax statements
Fixed-width type
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Error messages, prompts, and on-screen text
Bold fixed-width type
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User input, including keyboard keys (printing and nonprinting); literals supplied by the user in examples, code, and syntax statements (see also <>)
- "" (Double quotation marks)
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In text references to document section titles
- () (Parentheses)
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Follow IRIX commands--surround reference page section number
- [] (Brackets)
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Surround optional syntax statement arguments
- <> (Angle brackets)
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Surround nonprinting keyboard keys, for example, <Esc>, <Ctrl-D>
#
- IRIX shell prompt for the superuser (root)
%
- IRIX shell prompt for users other than superuser
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