User manual
Preface
© 2006 Microchip Technology Inc. DS51557C-page 3
CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS GUIDE
This manual uses the following documentation conventions:
DOCUMENTATION CONVENTIONS
Description Represents Examples
Code (Courier font):
Plain characters Sample code
Filenames and paths
#define START
c:\autoexec.bat
Angle brackets: < > Variables <label>, <exp>
Square brackets [ ] Optional arguments MPASMWIN [main.asm]
Curly brackets and pipe
character: { | }
Choice of mutually exclusive argu-
ments; An OR selection
errorlevel {0|1}
Lowercase characters in
quotes
Type of data “filename”
Ellipses... Used to imply (but not show) addi-
tional text that is not relevant to the
example
list
[
“list_option...,
“list_option”]
0xnnn A hexadecimal number where n is a
hexadecimal digit
0xFFFF, 0x007A
Italic characters A variable argument; it can be either a
type of data (in lowercase characters)
or a specific example (in uppercase
characters).
char isascii (char,
ch);
Interface (Arial font):
Underlined, italic text
with right arrow
A menu selection from the menu bar File > Save
Bold characters A window or dialog button to click OK, Cancel
Characters in angle
brackets < >
A key on the keyboard <Tab>, <Ctrl-C>
Documents (Arial font):
Italic characters Referenced books “MPLAB
®
IDE User’s
Guide”