Editing Types - SXEmacs Lisp Reference Manual

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8.5 Editing Types

The types in the previous section are common to many Lisp dialects. SXEmacs 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.
Extent Type: A range in a buffer or string, maybe with properties.
Window Type: Buffers are displayed in windows.
Frame Type: Windows subdivide frames.
Device Type: Devices group all frames on a display.
Console Type: Consoles group all devices with the same keyboard.
Window Configuration Type: Recording the way a frame is subdivided.
Event Type: An interesting occurrence in the system.
Process Type: A process running on the underlying OS.
Stream Type: Receive or send characters.
Keymap Type: What function a keystroke invokes.
Syntax Table Type: What a character means.
Display Table Type: How display tables are represented.
Database Type: A connection to an external DBM or DB database.
Charset Type: A character set (e.g. all Kanji characters), under SXEmacs/MULE.
Coding System Type: An object encapsulating a way of converting between different textual encodings, under SXEmacs/MULE.
ToolTalk Message Type: A message, in the ToolTalk IPC protocol.
ToolTalk Pattern Type: A pattern, in the ToolTalk IPC protocol.