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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.
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| • 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. |