1.2 Conventions Used in This Guide
The following conventions may appear in this documentation:
| Description | Represents | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Arial font: | ||
| Italic characters | Referenced books | MPLAB® IDE User’s Guide |
| Emphasized text | ...is the only compiler... | |
| Initial caps | A window | the Output window |
| A dialog | the Settings dialog | |
| A menu selection | select Enable Programmer | |
| Quotes | A field name in a window or dialog | “Save project before build” |
| Underlined, italic text with right angle bracket | A menu path | File>Save |
| Bold characters | A dialog button | Click OK |
| A tab | Click the Power tab | |
| N‘Rnnnn | A 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 keyboard | Press <Enter>, <F1> |
| Courier New font: | ||
| Plain Courier New | Sample source code | #define START |
| Filenames | autoexec.bat | |
| File paths | c:\mcc18\h | |
| Keywords | _asm,
_endasm, static | |
| Command-line options | -Opa+, -Opa- | |
| Bit values | 0,
1 | |
| Constants | 0xFF,
‘A’ | |
| Italic Courier New | A variable argument | file.o, where
file can be any valid filename |
| Square brackets [ ] | Optional arguments | mcc18
[options] file [options] |
| Curly brackets and pipe character: { | } | Choice of mutually exclusive arguments; an OR selection | errorlevel {0|1} |
| Ellipses... | Replaces repeated text | var_name [, var_name...] |
| Represents code supplied by user | void
main (void)
| |
| Special Icon | ||
| DD | Device Dependent. This feature is not supported on all devies. Devices supported will be listed in the title or text. | xmemory attribute |