A.2.12 Front End Files

Notebook files as well as front end initialization files can contain a subset of standard Mathematica language syntax. This syntax includes:

Any Mathematica expression in FullForm.

Lists in ... form. The operators ->, :> and &. Function slots in # form.

Special characters in \[Name], \:xxxx or \.xx form.

String representation of boxes involving \(, \) and other backslash operators.

Mathematica comments delimited by (* and *).