Notation conventions – PLANET VIP-000 User Manual
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Notation Conventions
Throughout this guide, different type styles and characters are used. These serve a variety of pur-
poses as described below:
Convention
Description
boldface
Commands and keywords are in boldface.
italic
Arguments for which you supply values are in italics.
courier
Messages that VIP CLI displays are in plain courier font.
[ ]
Elements in square brackets are optional.
{ x | y | z }
Alternative but required elements are grouped in braces ({ }) and sepa-
rated by vertical bars ( | ).
[ x | y | z ]
Optional alternative keywords are grouped in brackets ([ ]) and separated
by vertical bars ( | ).
string
A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the
string or the string will include the quotation marks.