Microchip Technology DV164139 Data Sheet

DS41356B-page 2

© 2009 Microchip Technology Inc.

This manual uses the following documentation conventions:

Italic characters

Referenced books

Emphasized text

...is the only compiler...

Initial caps

A window

the Output window

A dialog

the Settings dialog

A menu selection

select Enable Programmer

Quotes

A field name in a window or 
dialog

“Save project before build”

Underlined, italic text with 
right angle bracket

A menu path

Bold characters

A dialog button

Click OK

A tab

Click the Power tab

N‘Rnnnn

A number in verilog format, 
where N is the total number of 
digits, R is the radix and n is a 
digit.

4‘b0010, 2‘hF1

Text in angle brackets < >

A key on the keyboard

Press <Enter>, <F1>

Plain Courier New

Sample source code

#define START

Filenames

autoexec.bat

File paths

c:\mcc18\h

Keywords

_asm, _endasm, static

Command-line options

-Opa+, -Opa-

Bit values

0, 1

Constants

0xFF, ‘A’

Italic Courier New

A variable argument

file.o

, where file can be 

any valid filename

Square brackets [ ]

Optional arguments

mcc18 [options] file 

[options]

Curly brackets and pipe 
character: { | }

Choice of mutually exclusive 
arguments; an OR selection

errorlevel {0|1}

Ellipses...

Replaces repeated text

var_name [, 

var_name...]

Represents code supplied by 
user

void main (void)

{ ...

}