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Typographical conventions

This publication presents commands, filenames, keystrokes, and other special elements in these typefaces:

Example . . . . . . . . Used for:

lp or lp(1)
commands, device drivers, programs, and utilities (names, icons, or windows); the letter in parentheses indicates the reference manual section in which the command, driver, program, or utility is documented

/new/client.list
files, directories, and desktops (names, icons, or windows)

root
system, network, or user names

filename
placeholders (replace with appropriate name or value)

<Esc>
keyboard keys

Exit program?
system output (prompts, messages)

yes or yes
user input

``Description''
field names or column headings (on screen or in database)

Cancel
button names

Edit
menu names

Copy
menu items

File RIGHT ARROW Find RIGHT ARROW Text
sequences of menus and menu items

open or open(2)
library routines, system calls, kernel functions, C keywords; the letter in parentheses indicates the reference manual section in which the file is documented

$HOME
environment or shell variables

SIGHUP
named constants or signals

``adm3a''
data values

employees
database names

orders
database tables

buf
C program structures

b_b.errno
structure members

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