Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of text styles that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles and an explanation of their meaning.

Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: "The parsing of the configuration file by Odoo is done using the Python ConfigParser module."

A block of code is set as follows:

[DEFAULT]
project = /home/odoo/projects/project1
env = dev
prefix = %(project)s/%(env)s

[options]
addons-path = %(prefix)s/odoo/addons,%(prefix)s/OCA/server-tools
data_dir = %(prefix)s/data_dir

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

{   'name': 'Chapter 03 code',
    'depends': ['base', 'decimal_precision],
    'data': ['views/library_book.xml'] }

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

$ sudo apt-get install git python2.7 postgresql nano python-virtualenv

New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, for example, in menus or dialog boxes, appear in the text like this: "Click on the Manage Databases link."

Note

Warnings or important notes appear in a box like this.

Tip

Tips and tricks appear like this.