1.2 Conventions Used in This Guide
This manual uses the following documentation conventions:
Description | Represents | Examples |
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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)
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