@node Categories
@section Categories
@cindex categories of characters
+@cindex character categories
@dfn{Categories} provide an alternate way of classifying characters
syntactically. You can define several categories as needed, then
syntax classes, categories are not mutually exclusive; it is normal for
one character to belong to several categories.
+@cindex category table
Each buffer has a @dfn{category table} which records which categories
are defined and also which characters belong to each category. Each
category table defines its own categories, but normally these are