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.
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Monospace font |
- Examples
- Text that is displayed on the screen
- Text that you type.
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Boldface font |
- Command names
- Menu items
- File and directory names
- Option flags
- Language keywords, operators, function calls, and statements
- Libraries and resources.
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Mouse button terminology
When this manual refers to the three buttons on either a
right-handed or left-handed mouse:
- The term mouse button 1 refers to the inside button
- The term mouse button 2 refers to the middle button
- The term mouse button 3 refers to the outside button.
Menu sequence convention
Menu sequences are shown with arrows, for example:
File > Open
means select Open from the File menu.
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