@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, 2002, 2003, 2004,
+@c 2005, 2006 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
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.
@item args-out-of-range
@code{"Args out of range"}@*
-@xref{Sequences Arrays Vectors}.
+This happens when trying to access an element beyond the range of a
+sequence or buffer.@*
+@xref{Sequences Arrays Vectors}, @xref{Text}.
@item arith-error
@code{"Arithmetic error"}@*
-See @code{/} and @code{%} in @ref{Numbers}.
+@xref{Arithmetic Operations}.
@item beginning-of-buffer
@code{"Beginning of buffer"}@*
-@xref{Motion}.
+@xref{Character Motion}.
@item buffer-read-only
@code{"Buffer is read-only"}@*
@xref{Read Only Buffers}.
+@item coding-system-error
+@code{"Invalid coding system"}@*
+@xref{Lisp and 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 cyclic-variable-indirection
+@code{"Symbol's chain of variable indirections\@* contains a loop"}@*
+@xref{Variable Aliases}.
+
@item end-of-buffer
@code{"End of buffer"}@*
-@xref{Motion}.
+@xref{Character Motion}.
@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
-condition @code{file-error} is present.@*
+We do not list the error-strings of this error and its subcategories,
+because the error message is normally constructed from the data items
+alone when the error condition @code{file-error} is present. Thus,
+the error-strings are not very relevant. However, these error symbols
+do have @code{error-message} properties, and if no data is provided,
+the @code{error-message} property @emph{is} used.@*
@xref{Files}.
-@item file-locked
-This is a @code{file-error}.@*
+@item file-locked
+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}.
+@xref{Function Indirection}.
@item invalid-read-syntax
@code{"Invalid read syntax"}@*
-@xref{Input Functions}.
+@xref{Printed Representation}.
@item invalid-regexp
@code{"Invalid regexp"}@*
@xref{Regular Expressions}.
+@item mark-inactive
+@code{"The mark is not active now"}@*
+@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}
+@code{"Attempt to set a constant symbol"}@*
+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"}@*
+This is a subcategory of @code{buffer-read-only}.@*
+@xref{Special Properties}.
+
@item undefined-color
@code{"Undefined color"}@*
@xref{Color Names}.
@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.
@item overflow-error
@code{"Arithmetic overflow error"}@*
+This is a subcategory of @code{domain-error}.@*
@xref{Math Functions}.
@item range-error
@item singularity-error
@code{"Arithmetic singularity error"}@*
+This is a subcategory of @code{domain-error}.@*
@xref{Math Functions}.
@item underflow-error
@code{"Arithmetic underflow error"}@*
+This is a subcategory of @code{domain-error}.@*
@xref{Math Functions}.
@end table
+
+@ignore
+ arch-tag: 717c6048-5d9d-4c7d-9a62-df57390b6f19
+@end ignore
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