1.1 Conventions Used in This Guide

The following conventions may appear in this documentation:

Table 1-1. Documentation Conventions
DescriptionRepresentsExamples
Arial font:
Italic charactersReferenced booksMPLAB® IDE User’s Guide
Emphasized text...is the only compiler...
Initial capsA windowthe Output window
A dialogthe Settings dialog
A menu selectionselect Enable Programmer
QuotesA field name in a window or dialog“Save project before build”
Underlined, italic text with right angle bracketA menu pathFile>Save
Bold charactersA dialog buttonClick OK
A tabClick the Power tab
N‘RnnnnA number in verilog format, where N is the total number of digits, R is the radix and n is a digit.4‘b0010, 2‘hF1
Text in angle brackets < >A key on the keyboardPress <Enter>, <F1>
Courier New font:
Plain Courier NewSample source code#define START
Filenamesautoexec.bat
File pathsc:\mcc18\h
Keywords_asm, _endasm, static
Command-line options-Opa+, -Opa-
Bit values0, 1
Constants0xFF, ‘A’
Italic Courier NewA variable argumentfile.o, where file can be any valid filename
Square brackets [ ]Optional argumentsmcc18 [options] file [options]
Curly brackets and pipe 
character: { | }Choice of mutually exclusive arguments; an OR selectionerrorlevel {0|1}
Ellipses...Replaces repeated textvar_name [, var_name...]
Represents code supplied by uservoid main (void)

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