HP 3000 Manual page 5

[...]
more
be
|...|
stacked, you can select any one of the
elements or none.
example, you can select devicename
deviceclass or neither:
SHOWDEV [ devicename ]
[ deviceclass ]
Within syntax statements, a horizontal
ellipsis enclosed in brackets indicates
that you can repeatedly select elements
that appear within the immediately
preceding pair of brackets or braces.
the following example, you can select
itemname and its delimiter zero or
Each instance of itemname
times.
preceded by a comma:
[ ,itemname ][...]
If a punctuation character precedes the
ellipsis, you must use that character as
a delimiter to separate repeated
elements. However, if you select only
one element, the delimiter is not
required. In the following example, the
comma cannot precede the first instance
of itemname :
[ itemname ][,...]
Within syntax statements, a horizontal
ellipsis enclosed in parallel vertical
lines indicates that you can select more
than one element that appears within the
immediately preceding pair of brackets or
braces. However, each element can be
selected only one time.
example, you must select ,A or ,B or ,A,B
or ,B,A :
{,A}
{,B}|...|
If a punctuation character precedes the
ellipsis, you must use that character as
a delimiter to separate repeated
elements. However, if you select only
one element, the delimiter is not
required. In the following example, you
In the following
In the following
or
In
must
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