we find the real function via the symbol.
* Function Forms:: Forms that call functions.
* Macro Forms:: Forms that call macros.
-* Special Forms:: ``Special forms'' are idiosyncratic primitives,
+* Special Forms:: Special forms are idiosyncratic primitives,
most of them extremely important.
* Autoloading:: Functions set up to load files
containing their real definitions.
Variables
* Global Variables:: Variable values that exist permanently, everywhere.
-* Constant Variables:: Certain ``variables'' have values that never change.
+* Constant Variables:: Variables that never change.
* Local Variables:: Variable values that exist only temporarily.
* Void Variables:: Symbols that lack values.
* Defining Variables:: A definition says a symbol is used as a variable.
* Repeated Loading:: Precautions about loading a file twice.
* Named Features:: Loading a library if it isn't already loaded.
* Where Defined:: Finding which file defined a certain symbol.
-* Unloading:: How to ``unload'' a library that was loaded.
+* Unloading:: How to unload a library that was loaded.
* Hooks for Loading:: Providing code to be run when
particular libraries are loaded.
is visited.
* Buffer Modification:: A buffer is @dfn{modified} if it needs to be saved.
* Modification Time:: Determining whether the visited file was changed
- ``behind Emacs's back''.
+ behind Emacs's back.
* Read Only Buffers:: Modifying text is not allowed in a
read-only buffer.
* Buffer List:: How to look at all the existing buffers.
* Marker Insertion Types:: Two ways a marker can relocate when you
insert where it points.
* Moving Markers:: Moving the marker to a new buffer or position.
-* The Mark:: How ``the mark'' is implemented with a marker.
-* The Region:: How to access ``the region''.
+* The Mark:: How the mark is implemented with a marker.
+* The Region:: How to access the region.
Text
* Base 64:: Conversion to or from base 64 encoding.
* Checksum/Hash:: Computing cryptographic hashes.
* Parsing HTML/XML:: Parsing HTML and XML.
-* Atomic Changes:: Installing several buffer changes ``atomically''.
+* Atomic Changes:: Installing several buffer changes atomically.
* Change Hooks:: Supplying functions to be run when text is changed.
The Kill Ring