Document Conventions

This manual uses certain document conventions. The following sections explain those conventions and how to interpret them.

Solaris Command Windows

In this guide, you are often instructed to open a command window when performing various tasks. Depending on your choice, you can use either a Solaris Command Tool window or Shell Tool window in OpenWindows. These two types of command windows are a standard part of the Solaris operating environment. In CDE, these command windows are called Console and Terminal windows.

Typographic Changes and Symbols

Table P–1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Examples
AaBbCc123	The names of commands, files, and directories; on‐screen computer output.	Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. % You have mail.
AaBbCc123	What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output.	% su Password:xyz
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized.  Command-line variable; replace with a real name or value.	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this. To delete a file, type rm filename.

SunPCi Keyboard Accelerators

The SunPCi software provides keyboard accelerators (combinations of keys used as shortcuts) for many of the functions on the menus at the top of the SunPCi window. To see the available accelerators, hold down the left mouse button on the menu until the drop-down menu appears. Next to each command is the equivalent keyboard accelerator.

In CDE and OpenWindows, these accelerators use the Meta key (Figure P–1) in combination with another key. The Meta key is located on either side of the spacebar on your keyboard. To use any of the keyboard accelerators, hold down the Meta key and press the second key. For example, the Meta-E key combination means “press both the Meta key and the E key at the same time.”

Figure P–1 Sun Keyboard Meta Key