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1 @c -*-texinfo-*-
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2 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
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3 @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004,
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4 @c 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
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6 @setfilename ../info/errors
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7 @node Standard Errors, Standard Buffer-Local Variables, GNU Emacs Internals, Top
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8 @appendix Standard Errors
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10 Here is the complete list of the error symbols in standard Emacs,
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13 description of how the error can occur.
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15 Each error symbol has an @code{error-conditions} property that is a
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16 list of symbols. Normally this list includes the error symbol itself
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17 and the symbol @code{error}. Occasionally it includes additional
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18 symbols, which are intermediate classifications, narrower than
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19 @code{error} but broader than a single error symbol. For example, all
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20 the errors in accessing files have the condition @code{file-error}. If
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21 we do not say here that a certain error symbol has additional error
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22 conditions, that means it has none.
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24 As a special exception, the error symbol @code{quit} does not have the
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27 @xref{Errors}, for an explanation of how errors are generated and
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30 @table @code
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31 @item @var{symbol}
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32 @var{string}; @var{reference}.
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34 @item error
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35 @code{"error"}@*
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36 @xref{Errors}.
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38 @item quit
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39 @code{"Quit"}@*
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40 @xref{Quitting}.
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42 @item args-out-of-range
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43 @code{"Args out of range"}@*
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44 This happens when trying to access an element beyond the range of a
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45 sequence or buffer.@*
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46 @xref{Sequences Arrays Vectors}, @xref{Text}.
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48 @item arith-error
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49 @code{"Arithmetic error"}@*
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50 @xref{Arithmetic Operations}.
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52 @item beginning-of-buffer
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53 @code{"Beginning of buffer"}@*
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54 @xref{Character Motion}.
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56 @item buffer-read-only
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57 @code{"Buffer is read-only"}@*
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58 @xref{Read Only Buffers}.
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60 @item coding-system-error
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61 @code{"Invalid coding system"}@*
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62 @xref{Lisp and Coding Systems}.
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64 @item cyclic-function-indirection
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65 @code{"Symbol's chain of function indirections\@* contains a loop"}@*
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66 @xref{Function Indirection}.
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68 @item cyclic-variable-indirection
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69 @code{"Symbol's chain of variable indirections\@* contains a loop"}@*
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70 @xref{Variable Aliases}.
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73 @code{"End of buffer"}@*
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74 @xref{Character Motion}.
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76 @item end-of-file
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77 @code{"End of file during parsing"}@*
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80 @xref{Input Functions}.
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82 @item file-already-exists
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84 @xref{Writing to Files}.
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86 @item file-date-error
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88 @code{copy-file} tries and fails to set the last-modification time of
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89 the output file.@*
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90 @xref{Changing Files}.
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93 We do not list the error-strings of this error and its subcategories,
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96 the error-strings are not very relevant. However, these error symbols
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98 the @code{error-message} property @emph{is} used.@*
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101 @item file-locked
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102 This is a subcategory of @code{file-error}.@*
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105 @item file-supersession
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106 This is a subcategory of @code{file-error}.@*
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107 @xref{Modification Time}.
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110 This is a subcategory of @code{file-error}, which results from problems
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111 in accessing a remote file using ftp.@*
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112 @xref{Remote Files,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
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114 @item invalid-function
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115 @code{"Invalid function"}@*
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116 @xref{Function Indirection}.
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119 @code{"Invalid read syntax"}@*
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120 @xref{Printed Representation}.
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123 @code{"Invalid regexp"}@*
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124 @xref{Regular Expressions}.
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126 @item mark-inactive
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127 @code{"The mark is not active now"}@*
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128 @xref{The Mark}.
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131 @code{"No catch for tag"}@*
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132 @xref{Catch and Throw}.
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135 @code{"Scan error"}@*
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136 This happens when certain syntax-parsing functions
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137 find invalid syntax or mismatched parentheses.@*
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138 @xref{List Motion}, and @ref{Parsing Expressions}.
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141 @code{"Search failed"}@*
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142 @xref{Searching and Matching}.
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144 @item setting-constant
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145 @code{"Attempt to set a constant symbol"}@*
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146 The values of the symbols @code{nil} and @code{t},
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147 and any symbols that start with @samp{:},
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149 @xref{Constant Variables, , Variables that Never Change}.
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152 @code{"Text is read-only"}@*
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153 This is a subcategory of @code{buffer-read-only}.@*
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154 @xref{Special Properties}.
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155
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156 @item undefined-color
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157 @code{"Undefined color"}@*
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158 @xref{Color Names}.
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159
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160 @item void-function
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161 @code{"Symbol's function definition is void"}@*
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162 @xref{Function Cells}.
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164 @item void-variable
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165 @code{"Symbol's value as variable is void"}@*
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166 @xref{Accessing Variables}.
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168 @item wrong-number-of-arguments
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169 @code{"Wrong number of arguments"}@*
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170 @xref{Classifying Lists}.
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172 @item wrong-type-argument
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173 @code{"Wrong type argument"}@*
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174 @xref{Type Predicates}.
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175 @end table
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177 These kinds of error, which are classified as special cases of
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178 @code{arith-error}, can occur on certain systems for invalid use of
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179 mathematical functions.
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181 @table @code
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182 @item domain-error
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183 @code{"Arithmetic domain error"}@*
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184 @xref{Math Functions}.
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186 @item overflow-error
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187 @code{"Arithmetic overflow error"}@*
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188 This is a subcategory of @code{domain-error}.@*
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189 @xref{Math Functions}.
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191 @item range-error
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192 @code{"Arithmetic range error"}@*
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193 @xref{Math Functions}.
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195 @item singularity-error
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196 @code{"Arithmetic singularity error"}@*
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197 This is a subcategory of @code{domain-error}.@*
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198 @xref{Math Functions}.
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200 @item underflow-error
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201 @code{"Arithmetic underflow error"}@*
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202 This is a subcategory of @code{domain-error}.@*
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203 @xref{Math Functions}.
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204 @end table
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206 @ignore
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207 arch-tag: 717c6048-5d9d-4c7d-9a62-df57390b6f19
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208 @end ignore