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 <h3 class="section">Conventions</h3> <p>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. </p> <table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="some-terms" accesskey="1">Some Terms</a>
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<td align="left" valign="top">Explanation of terms we use in this manual. </td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="nil-and-t" accesskey="2">nil and t</a>
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<td align="left" valign="top">How the symbols <code>nil</code> and <code>t</code> are used. </td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="evaluation-notation" accesskey="3">Evaluation Notation</a>
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<td align="left" valign="top">The format we use for examples of evaluation. </td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="printing-notation" accesskey="4">Printing Notation</a>
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<td align="left" valign="top">The format we use when examples print text. </td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="error-messages" accesskey="5">Error Messages</a>
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<td align="left" valign="top">The format we use for examples of errors. </td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="buffer-text-notation" accesskey="6">Buffer Text Notation</a>
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<td align="left" valign="top">The format we use for buffer contents in examples. </td>
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<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="format-of-descriptions" accesskey="7">Format of Descriptions</a>
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<td align="left" valign="top">Notation for describing functions, variables, etc. </td>
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