Terminology conventions

Certain conventions are used in this guide when referring to or describing various aspects of using the editor.

Highlighting Conventions

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  • User-supplied variables
  • Book titles 
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  • Examples
  • Text that is displayed on the screen
  • Text that you type
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  • Command names
  • Menu items
  • File and directory names
  • Option flags
  • Language keywords, operators, function calls, and statements
  • Libraries and resources

Mouse Button Terminology

When this manual refers to the three buttons on either a right-handed or left-handed mouse:

If you are using a two-button mouse, click both buttons simultaneously to perform a mouse button 2 action.

Menu Sequence Convention

Menu sequences are shown with arrows, for example:

        File->Open....

This means on the File pull-down menu, select Open....