comparison lispref/objects.texi @ 16736:981e116b4ac6

Minor cleanups for overfull hboxes.

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  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 do not have a read syntax.  They print as
@samp{#<window-configuration>}.  @xref{Window Configurations}, for a
description of several functions related to window configurations.

@node Process Type
@subsection Process Type

  The word @dfn{process} usually means a running program.  Emacs itself

types.  In most cases, it is more convenient to use type predicates than
@code{type-of}.

@defun type-of object
This function returns a symbol naming the primitive type of
@var{object}.  The value is one of @code{symbol}, @code{integer},
@code{float}, @code{string}, @code{cons}, @code{vector}, @code{marker},
@code{overlay}, @code{window}, @code{buffer}, @code{subr},
@code{compiled-function}, @code{window-configuration}, or
@code{process}.

@example
(type-of 1)
     @result{} integer
(type-of 'nil)

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  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 do not have a read syntax; their print syntax
looks like @samp{#<window-configuration>}.  @xref{Window
Configurations}, for a description of several functions related to
window configurations.

@node Process Type
@subsection Process Type

  The word @dfn{process} usually means a running program.  Emacs itself

types.  In most cases, it is more convenient to use type predicates than
@code{type-of}.

@defun type-of object
This function returns a symbol naming the primitive type of
@var{object}.  The value is one of the symbols @code{symbol},
@code{integer}, @code{float}, @code{string}, @code{cons}, @code{vector},
@code{marker}, @code{overlay}, @code{window}, @code{buffer},
@code{subr}, @code{compiled-function}, @code{process}, or
@code{window-configuration}.

@example
(type-of 1)
     @result{} integer
(type-of 'nil)