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.