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elisp: Editing Types

 
 2.4 Editing Types
 =================
 
 The types in the previous section are used for general programming
 purposes, and most of them are common to most Lisp dialects.  Emacs Lisp
 provides several additional data types for purposes connected with
 editing.
 

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· Buffer Type         The basic object of editing.
· Marker Type         A position in a buffer.
· Window Type         Buffers are displayed in windows.
· Frame Type          Windows subdivide frames.
· Terminal Type       A terminal device displays frames.
· Window Configuration Type   Recording the way a frame is subdivided.
· Frame Configuration Type    Recording the status of all frames.
· Process Type        A subprocess of Emacs running on the underlying OS.
· Stream Type         Receive or send characters.
· Keymap Type         What function a keystroke invokes.
· Overlay Type        How an overlay is represented.
· Font Type           Fonts for displaying text.
 

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