Conventions Used in This Book (OD PG)

Inside Macintosh: OpenDoc Programmer's Guide /: Preface - About This Book

Conventions Used in This Book
This book uses various conventions to present certain types of information.

Special Fonts
All code listings, reserved words, and the names of data structures,
constants, fields, parameters, and functions are shown in Letter Gothic
(this is Letter Gothic).

Types of Notes
There are several types of notes used in this book.

Note
A note formatted like this contains information that is interesting but possibly not essential to an understanding of the main text. The title may be more descriptive than "Note," for example, "Runtime relationships." (An example appears on page 44.)
IMPORTANT
A note like this contains information that is especially important. (An example appears on page 282.)

Mac-Specific Information
OpenDoc is a cross-platform technology, and most of its concepts and features are platform-independent. Thus, even though this book is specifically designed for Mac OS developers, the information is organized and presented in as platform-neutral a manner as possible.
In most sections of this book, aspects of a topic that are specific to Mac OS are called out as such. That way, you can get at least a general idea of how platform-specific your code must be, and therefore how simple or complex it may be to convert it to another platform.