Typographic Conventions
Documentation for the SourcePro products uses special typographic conventions. These conventions are summarized in Table 4:
Table 3 – Typographic conventions 
Conventions
Use
Example
courier
Function names, code, directories, file names, examples, operating system commands, URLs.
RWWinSockInfo info;
cout << “Error Processing:”
Visit us at https://www.perforce.com/products/sourcepro.
italic
Conventional uses, such as new terms and titles.
Functors, or function objects
Essential Tools Module Reference Guide
bold italic
Class names, emphasis, and some subheads.
RWCollectable
bold
Conventional uses, such as emphasis.
Commands from an interface.
You should always read the manual.
Click the OK button
ellipsis
Indicates part of the code is missing from an example.
foo(){
... //something happens
}
pathnames
/ or \
When the context for a pathname could be either Windows or UNIX, the path is written with a Windows “\” separator.
Windows path: buildspace\sproenv_vars.bat
UNIX path: buildspace/sproenv_vars.sh
OS-neutral path:
<buildspace>\docs\index.html