Special characters and the notation used to in the command and statement formats. The current SDF metasyntax and the description of the SDF data types are contained in the "Commands" manual [9].
The following notational conventions are used in this manual:
In application examples, user input appears in Gothic typeface. All input lines are completed with
at alphanumeric terminals and with 
at block terminals. Therefore these key pictograms are not shown at the end of the input lines.Output from the operating system appears in Gothic typeface.
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Cross-references within this manual include the chapter and, if neccessary, also the section. References to subjects which are described in other manuals contain only the abbreviated title of the manual. You can then use the index in that manual to find the corresponding page.
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