Huawei Technologies Proprietary
Conventions
The manual uses the following conventions:
I. General conventions
Convention Description
Arial Normal paragraphs are in Arial.
Boldface
Headings are in Boldface.
Courier New
Terminal Display is in Courier New.
II. Command conventions
Convention Description
Boldface
The keywords of a command line are in Boldface.
italic
Command arguments are in italic.
[ ]
Items (keywords or arguments) in square brackets [ ] are
optional.
{ x | y | ... }
Alternative items are grouped in braces and separated by
vertical bars. One is selected.
[ x | y | ... ]
Optional alternative items are grouped in square brackets
and separated by vertical bars. One or none is selected.
{ x | y | ... } *
Alternative items are grouped in braces and separated by
vertical bars. A minimum of one or a maximum of all can be
selected.
[ x | y | ... ] *
Optional alternative items are grouped in square brackets
and separated by vertical bars. Many or none can be
selected.
# A line starting with the # sign is comments.
III. GUI conventions
Convention Description
< >
Button names are inside angle brackets. For example, click
the <OK> button.
[ ]
Window names, menu items, data table and field names
are inside square brackets. For example, pop up the [New
User] window.