This manual uses special conventions for type and path name variables.
Convention | Purpose | Example |
Courier |
Directory names, file names, examples, operating system commands, function names, and code. |
the c:\rwav directory |
<x> |
A variable in a file name or directory path. Table 3 lists possible variables. |
<ver> = the version number of your product |
italic |
Emphasis. New terms. |
operating system family the opaque mechanism |
bold |
Emphasis. Commands from an interface. Rogue Wave product names. |
do this before that the OK button a Tools.h++ file |
bold italic |
Class names. |
RWCollectable |
In addition to the typographic conventions, this manual uses path name variables to indicate information in a file name or path name that varies depending on your product, compiler, platform, and other issues. Table 3 lists these path name variables.
The following example shows how these variables can be used.
<rw_root>\workspaces\<OS+ver>\<COMPILER+ver>\<buildtype>
buildloc\tls<ver><osfam>
Using Tools.h++ 7.1.0 as an example, the variable-filled path above could become the specific path below.
c:\rwav\workspaces\WINNT4\MSVC60\7s\buildloc\tls0710w
This specific path indicates a c:\rwav root directory, the Tools.h++ 7.1.0 library, Windows NT, the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler, and the 7s library build type.
Convention | Purpose | Example |
<rw_root> |
The name you gave your Rogue Wave root directory. |
c:\rwav |
<ver> |
The version number of your product, operating system, or compiler. |
tls0710 WINNT4 MSVC60 |
<osfam> |
A mnemonic representing your operating system family: w for Windows, u for Unix, including Linux. |
tls0710w |
<OS> |
A mnemonic representing your operating system. Appendix B lists all operating system mnemonics. |
WIN95 SOLARIS |
<COMPILER> |
A mnemonic representing your compiler. Appendix B lists all compiler mnemonics. |
MSVC |
<buildtype> |
A build type, consisting of a build number, binding type, and optional user-defined library suffix. Section 2.5 provides more information. |
7s 7d_test |
<ext> |
An extension. Section 2.4 provides more information. |
.lib |
\ |
A delimiter in a path name. Unix users, replace "\" with "/". |
parts\htmldocs |
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