@node Abstract Display
@section Abstract Display
@cindex ewoc
+@cindex abstract display
@cindex display, abstract
@cindex display, arbitrary objects
@cindex model/view/controller
@node Management Parameters
@subsubsection Window Management Parameters
+@cindex window manager, and frame parameters
These frame parameters, meaningful only on window system displays,
interact with the window manager.
@node Hash Tables, Symbols, Sequences Arrays Vectors, Top
@chapter Hash Tables
@cindex hash tables
+@cindex lookup tables
- A hash table is a very fast kind of lookup table, somewhat like
-an alist in that it maps keys to corresponding values. It differs
-from an alist in these ways:
+ A hash table is a very fast kind of lookup table, somewhat like an
+alist (@pxref{Association Lists}) in that it maps keys to
+corresponding values. It differs from an alist in these ways:
@itemize @bullet
@item
@c The title "Standard Buffer-Local Variables" is too long for
@c smallbook. --rjc 30mar92
@cindex buffer-local variables, general-purpose
+@cindex standard buffer-local variables
The table below lists the general-purpose Emacs variables that
automatically become buffer-local in each buffer. Most become
@setfilename ../info/maps
@node Standard Keymaps, Standard Hooks, Standard Buffer-Local Variables, Top
@appendix Standard Keymaps
+@cindex standard keymaps
The following symbols are used as the names for various keymaps.
Some of these exist when Emacs is first started, others are
@node Arithmetic Operations
@section Arithmetic Operations
+@cindex arithmetic operations
Emacs Lisp provides the traditional four arithmetic operations:
addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Remainder and modulus
@section Standard Mathematical Functions
@cindex transcendental functions
@cindex mathematical functions
+@cindex floating-point functions
These mathematical functions allow integers as well as floating point
numbers as arguments.
@cindex sexp motion
@cindex Lisp expression motion
@cindex list motion
+@cindex balanced-parenthesis expressions
Here are several functions concerned with balanced-parenthesis
expressions (also called @dfn{sexps} in connection with moving across
@node Byte Packing
@section Packing and Unpacking Byte Arrays
+@cindex byte packing and unpacking
This section describes how to pack and unpack arrays of bytes,
usually for binary network protocols. These functions convert byte arrays