Certain notational conventions are used throughout this manual in the command / statement formats. These are explained further in the manual "BS2000 Commands [28].
The conventions are as follows:
In continuous text, no distinction is made between constants and variables. All elements of the syntax and components of data structures, as well as file names, path names and commands appear in italics.
For application examples, entries to the system are printed in
bold fixed-pitchfont. All lines input on character-oriented terminals have to be terminated with the enter key; inputs on block-oriented terminals are terminated with EM DUE. These symbols do not appear at the ends of the input lines shown in the manual.
Some entries are terminal-specific, i.e. they differ for block-oriented and character-oriented terminals (for more information, see “Terminal support”).Output from the operating system is printed in
fixed pitch.References are given in quotation marks and appear in abbreviated titles in the manual. The complete title, together with a brief description, can be found under “Related publications” at the back of the manual.
References in the text specify the corresponding page in the manual, together with the section or chapter number, as appropriate. References to subjects discussed in other manuals only use the abbreviated title of these manuals. You can use the index to find the corresponding section in the referenced manual.
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