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Conventions

The dstool toolkit was written to conform to the SUN Open Look 1#1 conventions whenever possible. For example, a button labeled with an inverted triangle means that activating the button opens a menu while a menu entry with trailing ellipses implies the entry will generate a pop-up window if selected. We will also use the Open Look nomenclature SELECT, ADJUST, and MENU when referencing the mouse buttons. (If your mouse has three buttons then these are usually the left, middle and right buttons, respectively.) In addition the following conventions and notation are used throughout:

Window title:
The window title is the text located in the window header.
Function:
A brief summary of the window's main purpose within dstool.
Description:
Instructions on how to open the window and a detailed account of the window's behavior when the user interacts with it.
Panel items:
A complete listing of all items located on the window's control panel, along with a brief description of each item's characteristics. The terms used in this document are:

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