Terminology conventions

Certain conventions are used in this guide when referring to or describing various aspects of using the editor.

Highlighting conventions

Italic font
  • User-supplied variables
  • Book titles.
Monospace font
  • Examples
  • Text that is displayed on the screen
  • Text that you type.
Boldface font
  • Command names
  • Menu items
  • File and directory names
  • Option flags
  • Language keywords, operators, function calls, and statements
  • Libraries and resources.

Mouse button terminology

When this manual refers to the three buttons on either a right-handed or left-handed mouse:

Menu sequence convention

Menu sequences are shown with arrows, for example:

File > Open
means select Open from the File menu.