Altera Stratix V Avalon-ST User Manual
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Visual Cue
Meaning
italic type
Indicates variables. For example, n + 1.
Variable names are enclosed in angle brackets (< >).
For example,
file.
Initial Capital Letters
Indicate keyboard keys and menu names. For
example, the Delete key and the Options menu.
“Subheading Title”
Quotation marks indicate references to sections in a
document and titles of Quartus II Help topics. For
example, “Typographic Conventions.”
Courier type
Indicates signal, port, register, bit, block, and
primitive names. For example,
data1
,
tdi
, and
input
. The suffix
n
denotes an active-low signal.
For example,
resetn
.
Indicates command line commands and anything
that must be typed exactly as it appears. For
example,
c:\qdesigns\tutorial\chiptrip.gdf
.
Also indicates sections of an actual file, such as a
Report File, references to parts of files (for example,
the AHDL keyword
SUBDESIGN
), and logic function
names (for example,
TRI
).
r
An angled arrow instructs you to press the Enter
key.
1., 2., 3., anda., b., c., and so on
Numbered steps indicate a list of items when the
sequence of the items is important, such as the steps
listed in a procedure.
Bullets indicate a list of items when the sequence of
the items is not important.
1
The hand points to information that requires
special attention.
h
The question mark directs you to a software help
system with related information.
f
The feet direct you to another document or website
with related information.
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