The typographic conventions shown in Table 0.4 are followed in this guide and all the other DODS documentation.
Literal text | Typed by the computer, or in a code listing. |
User input | Type this precisely as written. |
| Variables | Used as a place holder for a user-specified or variable value. Choose an appropriate value and use that in place. |
| Button Text | Used to indicate text on a GUI button. |
| Menu Name | This is the name of a GUI menu. |
When referring to a button in a menu, we will often use the notation: Menu,Button. For example, Options,Colors,Foreground would indicate the Foreground button in the Colors menu, selected under the Options menu.
A position box is often used in this book to indicate column position of field values in data files. It is shown at the beginning of a data list in the documentation, but does not appear in the data file itself. It looks something like this:
1 2 3 4 5 6 012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890