Throughout the documentation, text printed in this typeface represents verbatim communication with the computer: for example, pieces of C text, commands to the operating system, or responses from the computer. In examples, text printed in this typeface is not to be used verbatim: it represents a class of items, one of which should be used. For example, this is the format of one kind of compilation command:

hcl source-file

This means that the command consists of:

- The word hcl, typed exactly like that.
- A source-file: not the text source-file, but an item of the source-file class, for example ‘myprog.c’.

Whenever commands to and responses from the computer are mixed in the same example, the commands (i.e. the items which you enter) will be presented in this typeface. For example, here is a dialogue with the computer using the format of the compilation command given above:

    c:\crossworks\examples>hcl -v myprog.c
    CrossWorks MSP430 Compiler Driver   Release 1.0.0
    Copyright (c) 1997-2003 Rowley Associates Ltd.

The user types the text hcl -v myprog.c, and then presses the enter key (which is assumed and is not shown); the computer responds with the rest.