Correct the explanation of glyphs and glyph table.

[bpt/emacs.git] / lispref / errors.texi

diff --git a/lispref/errors.texi b/lispref/errors.texi
index aa3dde7..51132c1 100644 (file)
--- a/lispref/errors.texi
+++ b/lispref/errors.texi
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @c -*-texinfo-*-
 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 
+@c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 
 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
 @setfilename ../info/errors
 @node Standard Errors, Standard Buffer-Local Variables, GNU Emacs Internals, Top
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ list of symbols.  Normally this list includes the error symbol itself
 and the symbol @code{error}.  Occasionally it includes additional
 symbols, which are intermediate classifications, narrower than
 @code{error} but broader than a single error symbol.  For example, all
-the errors in accessing files have the condition @code{file-error}.
+the errors in accessing files have the condition @code{file-error}.  If
+we do not say here that a certain error symbol has additional error
+conditions, that means it has none.
 
   As a special exception, the error symbol @code{quit} does not have the
 condition @code{error}, because quitting is not considered an error.
@@ -52,9 +54,12 @@ See @code{/} and @code{%} in @ref{Numbers}.
 @code{"Buffer is read-only"}@*
 @xref{Read Only Buffers}.
 
+@item coding-system-error
+@code{"Invalid coding system"}@*
+@xref{Coding Systems}.
+
 @item cyclic-function-indirection
-@code{"Symbol's chain of function indirections contains a@*
-loop"}@*
+@code{"Symbol's chain of function indirections\@* contains a loop"}@*
 @xref{Function Indirection}.
 
 @item end-of-buffer
@@ -63,9 +68,19 @@ loop"}@*
 
 @item end-of-file
 @code{"End of file during parsing"}@*
-This is not a @code{file-error}.@*
+Note that this is not a subcategory of @code{file-error},
+because it pertains to the Lisp reader, not to file I/O.
 @xref{Input Functions}.
 
+@item file-already-exists
+This is a subcategory of @code{file-error}.@*
+@xref{Writing to Files}.
+
+@item file-date-error
+This is a subcategory of @code{file-error}.  It occurs when
+@code{copy-file} tries and fails to set the last-modification time of
+the output file.  @xref{Changing Files}.
+
 @item file-error
 This error and its subcategories do not have error-strings, because the
 error message is constructed from the data items alone when the error
@@ -73,17 +88,18 @@ condition @code{file-error} is present.@*
 @xref{Files}.
 
 @item file-locked     
-This is a @code{file-error}.@*
+This is a subcategory of @code{file-error}.@*
 @xref{File Locks}.
 
-@item file-already-exists
-This is a @code{file-error}.@*
-@xref{Writing to Files}.
-
 @item file-supersession
-This is a @code{file-error}.@*
+This is a subcategory of @code{file-error}.@*
 @xref{Modification Time}.
 
+@item ftp-error
+This is a subcategory of @code{file-error}, which results from problems
+in accessing a remote file using ftp.@*
+@xref{Remote Files,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
+
 @item invalid-function
 @code{"Invalid function"}@*
 @xref{Classifying Lists}.
@@ -96,20 +112,35 @@ This is a @code{file-error}.@*
 @code{"Invalid regexp"}@*
 @xref{Regular Expressions}.
 
+@item mark-inactive
+@code{"Mark inactive"}@*
+@xref{The Mark}.
+
 @item no-catch
 @code{"No catch for tag"}@*
 @xref{Catch and Throw}.
 
+@item scan-error
+@code{"Scan error"}@*
+This happens when certain syntax-parsing functions
+find invalid syntax or mismatched parentheses.@*
+@xref{List Motion}, and @ref{Parsing Expressions}.
+
 @item search-failed
 @code{"Search failed"}@*
 @xref{Searching and Matching}.
 
 @item setting-constant
 @code{"Attempt to set a constant symbol"}@* 
-The values of the symbols @code{nil} and @code{t}
+The values of the symbols @code{nil} and @code{t},
+and any symbols that start with @samp{:},
 may not be changed.@*
 @xref{Constant Variables, , Variables that Never Change}.
 
+@item text-read-only
+@code{"Text is read-only"}@*
+@xref{Special Properties}.
+
 @item undefined-color
 @code{"Undefined color"}@*
 @xref{Color Names}.
@@ -131,7 +162,7 @@ may not be changed.@*
 @xref{Type Predicates}.
 @end table
 
-  These error types, which are all classified as special cases of
+  These kinds of error, which are classified as special cases of
 @code{arith-error}, can occur on certain systems for invalid use of
 mathematical functions.