Conventions Used in This Book

The following typographical conventions are used in this book:

Italic

Used for emphasis, new terms, program names, and URLs

Constant width

Used for options, values, code fragments, and any text that should be typed literally

Constant width italic

Used for text that should be replaced with user-supplied values

Constant width bold

Used in examples for commands or other text that should be typed literally by the user

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