Code Styles

Use the code style for source code, for file and directory names, and for text that the user enters at the keyboard.

code

code

code

c:\winnt\system32\comdlg32.dll

 

>login: almondweb

>password: topsecret

For esthetic purposes, you may use Spacer paragraphs around source code examples:

 

code

code

code

 

Within a paragraph of ordinary text, such as a Body Text or Note paragraph, use the code char style for the above purposes. The following paragraph is an example:

Before installing the software, we suggest that you make a backup copy of your autoexec.bat file.

For code within bulleted or numbered lists, use the List code style.

This is a bulleted paragraph.

//followed by List code

//followed by List code

Another bulleted paragraph.

To emphasis code words, use the code emphasis char style. You can use this style , for example, to emphasize code words that a user needs to edit or code that has been revised from a preceding example. You can use this style either within a body paragraph (as here), or in a code line, like this:

>login username password /a exclusive