Documentation Conventions

The following conventions are used in the build documents on this site:

Convention	Description
boldface type	Boldface type indicates an item that is contained in the glossary.
`monospace type`	Monospace type indicates the following: Filenames Macros CVS module names Tools
`monospace, bold type`	Monospace bold type indicates user input on a command line.
`%`	Represents a Linux or Solaris system prompt, regardless of what the current shell is.
`C:\>`	Represents a Win32 command prompt.
italic type	Italic type indicates a variable value where you enter a value appropriate to your circumstances. The following example indicates to change directory to the module that you want to work on: `%` `cd` `module-name` Italic type also indicates complete titles of manuals and emphasized text.
UPPERCASE	Uppercase letters indicate abbreviations of known entities such as JDK.