Document Conventions

A comprehensive index directs you to areas of particular interest.

This manual uses the following standard set of typographical conventions to introduce new terms, illustrate screen displays, describe command syntax, and so forth.

Convention	Meaning

italics	Within text, new terms and emphasized words appear in italics.

boldface	Within text, commands, keywords, identifiers (names of classes,
	objects, constants, events, functions, program variables),
	environment variables, filenames, Graphical User Interface (GUI)
	controls, and other similar terms appear in boldface.

Courier	Information displayed on your terminal screen and information that
	you are instructed to enter appear in Courier typeface.

KEYSTROKE	Keys that you are to press appear in uppercase letters in Helvetica
	font.

< >	Within syntax descriptions, values that you specify appear in angle
	brackets. For example:
	interface <ipaddress>

[ ]	Within syntax descriptions, optional keywords or variables appear
	in brackets. For example:
	ntp peer <addr> [version <number>]

{ }	Within syntax descriptions, required keywords or variables appear
	in braces. For example:
	{delete <filename> upload <filename>}

	Within syntax descriptions, the pipe symbol represents a choice to
	select one keyword or variable to the left or right of the symbol.
	(The keyword or variable can be either optional or required.) For
	example:
	{delete <filename> upload <filename>}

4	INTRODUCTION

Document Conventions

boldface

KEYSTROKE

{delete <filename> upload <filename>}