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1.3: Conventions

This section explains the notational conventions that are used in this manual. You may want to skip this section and refer back to it later.

  • Some Terms Explanation of terms we use in this manual.
  • nil and t How the symbols nil and t are used.
  • Evaluation Notation The format we use for examples of evaluation.
  • Printing Notation The format we use for examples that print output.
  • Error Messages The format we use for examples of errors.
  • Buffer Text Notation The format we use for buffer contents in examples.
  • Format of Descriptions Notation for describing functions, variables, etc.