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A.5. Conventions used in this document

A.5.1. Ellipsis

Three dots ...

A.5.2. Directory trees

A trailing forward slash (/) indicates that this is a directory, not a file.

A.5.3. Command line prompts

A '$' at the start of a line indicates that the rest of the line is input from a normal user. A '#' indicates that the Root user inputs the rest of the line.

A.5.4. File names, application names, package names and screen text

Filenames, application names, package names and text displayed by a console or terminal window look like this. 

my-file.txt
my-directory
/my-path/my-directory/
my-application
my-package
This is some terminal text.

Filenames, application names, package names and text displayed in an X window look like this. 

my-file.txt
my-application
my-package
This is some text in an X window.

A.5.5. Commands

Commands issued from a terminal look like this. Use of the <ENTER> key is implied but not shown. 

$ my command

This example shows a command issued in an X application. 

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