Salesforce Console Integration Toolkit Typographical Conventions

The Salesforce Console Integration Toolkit guide uses the following typographical conventions:

Convention	Description
`Courier font`	In descriptions of syntax, monospace font indicates items that you should type as shown, except for brackets. For example:
`Italics`	In descriptions of syntax, italics represent variables. You supply the actual value. In the following example, three values need to be supplied: `datatype` `variable_name` [ = `value`]; If the syntax is bold and italic, the text represents a code element that needs a value supplied by you, such as a class name or variable value:
`Bold Courier font`	In code samples and syntax descriptions, bold courier font emphasizes a portion of the code or syntax.
< >	In descriptions of syntax, less-than and greater-than symbols (< >) are typed exactly as shown.
{ }	In descriptions of syntax, braces ({ }) are typed exactly as shown.
[ ]	In descriptions of syntax, anything included in brackets is optional. In the following example, specifying `value` is optional:
\|	In descriptions of syntax, the pipe sign means “or”. You can do one of the following (not all). In the following example, you can create a new unpopulated set in one of two ways, or you can populate the set:

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