The following formatting conventions are used in this book:
- Italic
Used for file and directory names, pathnames, names of Slash modules and packages, and for important terms when they are first introduced
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Constant width
Used for configuration variable names, literal values, database table names, names of Slash functions, and command lines and options that should be typed verbatim
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Constant width italic
Used for replaceable arguments within a variable name or a command line
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Constant width bold
Used in text that is typed in code examples by the user
To distinguish between Slash elements and non-Slash elements, certain elements within Slash (such as a Story, Topic, or Section) are uppercased. For example, a book author would be lowercased, but an Author on a Slash system is uppercased.
Note
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