Conventions Used in This Book

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

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

Constant width italic

Used for replaceable arguments within a variable name or a command line

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.

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