Excalibur electronic A-MNL-NIOSPROG-01.1 manual Typographic Conventions, Visual Cue Meaning

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Typographic Conventions

The Nios Embedded Processor Programmer’s Reference Manual uses the typographic conventions shown in Table 3.

Table 3. Conventions

Visual Cue	Meaning
Bold Type with Initial	Command names, dialog box titles, checkbox options, and dialog box options are
Capital Letters	shown in bold, initial capital letters. Example: Save As dialog box.
bold type	External timing parameters, directory names, project names, disk drive names,
	filenames, filename extensions, and software utility names are shown in bold type.
	Examples: fMAX, \maxplus2 directory, d: drive, chiptrip.gdf file.
Bold italic type	Book titles are shown in bold italic type with initial capital letters. Example:
	1999 Device Data Book.
Italic Type with Initial	Document titles are shown in italic type with initial capital letters. Example: AN 75
Capital Letters	(High-Speed Board Design).
Italic type	Internal timing parameters and variables are shown in italic type. Examples: tPIA, n +
	1.
	Variable names are enclosed in angle brackets (< >) and shown in italic type. Example:
	<file name>, <project name>.pof file.
Initial Capital Letters	Keyboard keys and menu names are shown with initial capital letters. Examples:
	Delete key, the Options menu.
“Subheading Title”	References to sections within a document and titles of Quartus II and MAX+PLUS II
	Help topics are shown in quotation marks. Example: “Configuring a FLEX 10K or FLEX
	8000 Device with the BitBlaster™ Download Cable.”
Courier type	Signal and port names are shown in lowercase Courier type. Examples: data1, tdi,
	input. Active-low signals are denoted by suffix _n, e.g., reset_n.
	Anything that must be typed exactly as it appears is shown in Courier type. For
	example: c:\max2work\tutorial\chiptrip.gdf. Also, sections of an actual
	file, such as a Report File, references to parts of files (e.g., the AHDL keyword
	SUBDESIGN), as well as logic function names (e.g., TRI) are shown in Courier.
1., 2., 3., and a., b., c.,...	Numbered steps are used in a list of items when the sequence of the items is
	important, such as the steps listed in a procedure.
■	Bullets are used in a list of items when the sequence of the items is not important.
v	The checkmark indicates a procedure that consists of one step only.
1	The hand points to information that requires special attention.
r	The angled arrow indicates you should press the Enter key.
f	The feet direct you to more information on a particular topic.

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