Texas Instruments MSP50C614 manual Csr ±a /user/ti/simuboard/utilities, Notational Conventions

Notational Conventions

version of the special typeface for emphasis; interactive displays use a bold version of the special typeface to distinguish commands that you enter from items that the system displays (such as prompts, command output, error messages, etc.).

Here is a sample program listing:

0011	0005	0001	.field	1, 2
0012	0005	0003	.field	3,	4
0013	0005	0006	.field	6,	3
0014	0006		.even

Here is an example of a system prompt and a command that you might enter:

C:csr ±a /user/ti/simuboard/utilities

-In syntax descriptions, the instruction, command, or directive is in a bold typeface font and parameters are in an italic typeface. Portions of a syntax that are in bold should be entered as shown; portions of a syntax that are in italics describe the type of information that should be entered. Here is an example of a directive syntax:

.asect ºsection nameº, address

.asect is the directive. This directive has two parameters, indicated by sec- tion name and address. When you use .asect, the first parameter must be an actual section name, enclosed in double quotes; the second parameter must be an address.

-Square brackets ( [ and ] ) identify an optional parameter. If you use an optional parameter, you specify the information within the brackets; you don't enter the brackets themselves. Here's an example of an instruction that has an optional parameter:

LALK 16±bit constant [, shift]

The LALK instruction has two parameters. The first parameter, 16-bit con- stant, is required. The second parameter, shift, is optional. As this syntax shows, if you use the optional second parameter, you must precede it with a comma.

Square brackets are also used as part of the pathname specification for VMS pathnames; in this case, the brackets are actually part of the path- name (they are not optional).

-Braces ( { and } ) indicate a list. The symbol (read as or) separates items within the list. Here's an example of a list:

{ * *+ *± }

This provides three choices: *, *+, or *±.

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