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@cindex whitespace
@cindex bell character
@cindex @samp{\a}
@cindex backspace
@cindex @samp{\b}
@cindex tab
@cindex @samp{\t}
@cindex vertical tab
@cindex @samp{\v}
@cindex formfeed
@cindex @samp{\f}
@cindex newline
@cindex @samp{\n}
@cindex return
@cindex @samp{\r}
@cindex escape
@cindex @samp{\e}
@cindex space
@cindex @samp{\s}
  You can express the characters control-g, backspace, tab, newline,
vertical tab, formfeed, space, return, del, and escape as @samp{?\a},
@samp{?\b}, @samp{?\t}, @samp{?\n}, @samp{?\v}, @samp{?\f},
@samp{?\s}, @samp{?\r}, @samp{?\d}, and @samp{?\e}, respectively.

empty list.  The empty list is actually the symbol @code{nil}.
@xref{Lists}, for functions that work on lists.  Because most cons
cells are used as part of lists, the phrase @dfn{list structure} has
come to refer to any structure made out of cons cells.

@cindex atom
  Because cons cells are so central to Lisp, we also have a word for
``an object which is not a cons cell.''  These objects are called
@dfn{atoms}.

@cindex parenthesis

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@end group
@end smallexample

@cindex @code{nil} in lists
@cindex empty list
  A list with no elements in it is the @dfn{empty list}; it is identical
to the symbol @code{nil}.  In other words, @code{nil} is both a symbol
and a list.

  @xref{Frames}, for a description of the functions that work on frames.

@node Window Configuration Type
@subsection Window Configuration Type
@cindex screen layout

  A @dfn{window configuration} stores information about the positions,
sizes, and contents of the windows in a frame, so you can recreate the
same arrangement of windows later.

window configurations.

@node Frame Configuration Type
@subsection Frame Configuration Type
@cindex screen layout

  A @dfn{frame configuration} stores information about the positions,
sizes, and contents of the windows in all frames.  It is actually
a list whose @sc{car} is @code{frame-configuration} and whose
@sc{cdr} is an alist.  Each alist element describes one frame,

(eq (point-marker) (point-marker))
     @result{} nil
@end group
@end example

@cindex equality of strings
Comparison of strings is case-sensitive, but does not take account of
text properties---it compares only the characters in the strings.  For
technical reasons, a unibyte string and a multibyte string are
@code{equal} if and only if they contain the same sequence of
character codes and all these codes are either in the range 0 through

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@cindex whitespace
@cindex bell character
@cindex @samp{\a}
@cindex backspace
@cindex @samp{\b}
@cindex tab (ASCII character)
@cindex @samp{\t}
@cindex vertical tab
@cindex @samp{\v}
@cindex formfeed
@cindex @samp{\f}
@cindex newline
@cindex @samp{\n}
@cindex return (ASCII character)
@cindex @samp{\r}
@cindex escape (ASCII character)
@cindex @samp{\e}
@cindex space (ASCII character)
@cindex @samp{\s}
  You can express the characters control-g, backspace, tab, newline,
vertical tab, formfeed, space, return, del, and escape as @samp{?\a},
@samp{?\b}, @samp{?\t}, @samp{?\n}, @samp{?\v}, @samp{?\f},
@samp{?\s}, @samp{?\r}, @samp{?\d}, and @samp{?\e}, respectively.

empty list.  The empty list is actually the symbol @code{nil}.
@xref{Lists}, for functions that work on lists.  Because most cons
cells are used as part of lists, the phrase @dfn{list structure} has
come to refer to any structure made out of cons cells.

@cindex atoms
  Because cons cells are so central to Lisp, we also have a word for
``an object which is not a cons cell.''  These objects are called
@dfn{atoms}.

@cindex parenthesis

|       |       |     |        |       |     |           |       |
 ---------------       ----------------       -------------------
@end group
@end smallexample

@cindex @code{nil} as a list
@cindex empty list
  A list with no elements in it is the @dfn{empty list}; it is identical
to the symbol @code{nil}.  In other words, @code{nil} is both a symbol
and a list.

  @xref{Frames}, for a description of the functions that work on frames.

@node Window Configuration Type
@subsection Window Configuration Type
@cindex window layout in a frame

  A @dfn{window configuration} stores information about the positions,
sizes, and contents of the windows in a frame, so you can recreate the
same arrangement of windows later.

window configurations.

@node Frame Configuration Type
@subsection Frame Configuration Type
@cindex screen layout
@cindex window layout, all frames

  A @dfn{frame configuration} stores information about the positions,
sizes, and contents of the windows in all frames.  It is actually
a list whose @sc{car} is @code{frame-configuration} and whose
@sc{cdr} is an alist.  Each alist element describes one frame,

(eq (point-marker) (point-marker))
     @result{} nil
@end group
@end example

Comparison of strings is case-sensitive, but does not take account of
text properties---it compares only the characters in the strings.  For
technical reasons, a unibyte string and a multibyte string are
@code{equal} if and only if they contain the same sequence of
character codes and all these codes are either in the range 0 through