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: "For instance, on Ubuntu, you need to install the python3-tk package."

A block of code is set as follows:

new_list = []
for elem in collection:
    if elem is not None:
        new_list.append(elem)

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

$ python –-version
Python 3.4.3

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: "Make sure that you check the Tcl/Tk option to include the library."

Note

Warnings or important notes appear in a box like this.

Tip

Tips and tricks appear like this.