The organization and use of this manual are described and notational conventions explained. This section describes the organization of this manual, and the conventions and nomenclature used in developing it. It also discusses standard VT100 key emulation, keys used for common EDT operations, and usage of a capture file. The Parameters menu options, DOS shell feature, and several advanced functions are also described. Those conventions, and others, are explained here.
Information shown in courier boldface type represents user entries.
ALT-key Press and hold the ALT key and then press the key designated by key. Then release both keys at the same time. Command line characters shown in lowercase courier bold italic type represent an entry that may consist of different characters every time you make the entry. In other words, it is a variable entry. Do not enter an ellipsis.