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Usage Conventions in Command Documentation

In the Usage sections of command manual pages:

The brackets, vertical bars, and parentheses mentioned above are merely symbolic and should not be included in the typed command.

Command names and keywords can be truncated to unique strings, unless a command's manual page states otherwise.

Multiple commands can be combined on a single line, separated by semicolons. This may be useful because the display is not redrawn until the last command in a semicolon-separated series has been executed; that is, multiple graphical changes such as changes in representation, color, and display state can be made to appear simultaneously instead of one by one.


UCSF Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization, and Informatics / August 2015