Notational Conventions
The documentation is OS-independent. Linux* OS and Windows* OS may have different styles in passing parameters. This
User and Reference Guide
follows the nomenclature used on the Linux* OS. Here is a list of the most important differences and how they are mapped from the Linux* OS style to the Windows* OS one:
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The following conventions are used in this document:
Convention
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This type style | Document or product names
| The term
process in this documentation implicitly includes thread.
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This type style | GUI elements
| Click
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| Placeholders for actual values
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| Commands, arguments, options
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| Environment variables
| Set the
VT_CONFIG environment variable to the directory that contains the configuration file.
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| Optional items
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| Selectable items separated by vertical bar(s)
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| Introduces UNIX* commands
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| Introduces Windows* commands
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