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(elisp)Editing Types

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Editing Types
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   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.

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.

Window Configuration Type

Recording the way a frame is subdivided.

Frame Configuration Type

Recording the status of all frames.

Process Type

A process 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.