Conventions
In
this manual:
• Instance refers to a copy of the OenVMS
Alpha operating system.
• OpenVMS Galaxy and Galaxy refer to
the Compaq OpenVMS Galaxy Software Architecture on OpenVMS.
• DECwindows and DECwindows Motif refer
to DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS software.
The following conventions are used in this manual:
Ctrl/ x
Indicates that you must hold down the key labeled
Ctrl while you press another key or a pointing device button.
PF1x
A sequence such as PF1x indicates
that you must first press and release the key labeled PF1 and then press
and release another key or a pointing device button.
[Return]
In an example, a key name enclosed in a box indicates
that you press that key.
…
A horizontal ellipsis in examples indicates one
of the following possibilities:
• Additional optional arguments
in a statement have been omitted.
• The preceding item or items can be
repeated one or more times.
• Additional parameters, values, or
other information can be entered.
⋮
A
vertical ellipsis indicates the omission of items from a code example or
command format; the items are omitted because they are not important to the
topic being discussed.
( )
In command format descriptions, parentheses indicate
that you must enclose choices in parentheses if you specify more than one.
[ ]
In command format descriptions, brackets indicate
optional choices. You can choose one or more items or no items. Do not type
the brackets on the command line. However, you must include the brackets
in the syntax for OpenVMS directory specifications and for a substring specification
in an assignment statement.
|
In command format descriptions, vertical bars
separate choices within brackets or braces. Within brackets, the choices
are optional; within braces, at least one choice is required. Do not type
the vertical bars on the command line.
{ }
In command format descriptions, braces indicate
required choices; you must choose at least one of the items listed. Do not
type the braces on the command line.
Type
This typeface represents the introduction of a
new term. It also represents the name of an argument, an attribute, or a
reason.
italics
Italic text indicates important information, complete
titles of manuals, or variables. Variables include information that varies
in system output (Internal error number),
in command lines (/PRODUCER=name),
and in command parameters in text (where (dd)
represents the predefined par code for the device type).
UPPERCASE TEXT
Uppercase text indicates a command, the name of
a routine, the name of a file, or the abbreviation for a system privilege.
Monospace text
Monospace
type indicates code examples and interactive screen displays.
In the C programming language, monospace type
in text identifies the following elements: keywords, the names of independently
compiled external functions and files, syntax summaries, and references to
variables or identifiers introduced in an example.
–
A hyphen at the end of a command format description,
command line, or code line indicates that the command or statement continues
on the following line.
numbers
All numbers in text are assumed to be decimal
unless otherwise noted. Nondecimal radixes—binary, octal, or hexadecimal—are
explicitly indicated.
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