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 when examples print text.
• 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.