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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 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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4 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
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5 @setfilename ../info/errors
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6 @node Standard Errors, Standard Buffer-Local Variables, GNU Emacs Internals, Top
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7 @appendix Standard Errors
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9 Here is the complete list of the error symbols in standard Emacs,
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10 grouped by concept. The list includes each symbol's message (on the
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11 @code{error-message} property of the symbol) and a cross reference to a
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12 description of how the error can occur.
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14 Each error symbol has an @code{error-conditions} property that is a
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15 list of symbols. Normally this list includes the error symbol itself
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16 and the symbol @code{error}. Occasionally it includes additional
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17 symbols, which are intermediate classifications, narrower than
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18 @code{error} but broader than a single error symbol. For example, all
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19 the errors in accessing files have the condition @code{file-error}. If
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20 we do not say here that a certain error symbol has additional error
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21 conditions, that means it has none.
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23 As a special exception, the error symbol @code{quit} does not have the
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24 condition @code{error}, because quitting is not considered an error.
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25
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26 @xref{Errors}, for an explanation of how errors are generated and
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27 handled.
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28
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29 @table @code
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30 @item @var{symbol}
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31 @var{string}; @var{reference}.
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32
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33 @item error
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34 @code{"error"}@*
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35 @xref{Errors}.
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36
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37 @item quit
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38 @code{"Quit"}@*
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39 @xref{Quitting}.
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40
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41 @item args-out-of-range
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42 @code{"Args out of range"}@*
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43 @xref{Sequences Arrays Vectors}.
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44
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45 @item arith-error
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46 @code{"Arithmetic error"}@*
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47 See @code{/} and @code{%} in @ref{Numbers}.
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48
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49 @item beginning-of-buffer
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50 @code{"Beginning of buffer"}@*
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51 @xref{Motion}.
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52
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53 @item buffer-read-only
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54 @code{"Buffer is read-only"}@*
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55 @xref{Read Only Buffers}.
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56
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57 @item coding-system-error
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58 @code{"Invalid coding system"}@*
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59 @xref{Coding Systems}.
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60
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61 @item cyclic-function-indirection
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62 @code{"Symbol's chain of function indirections\@* contains a loop"}@*
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63 @xref{Function Indirection}.
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64
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65 @item end-of-buffer
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66 @code{"End of buffer"}@*
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67 @xref{Motion}.
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68
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69 @item end-of-file
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70 @code{"End of file during parsing"}@*
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71 Note that this is not a subcategory of @code{file-error},
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72 because it pertains to the Lisp reader, not to file I/O.
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73 @xref{Input Functions}.
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75 @item file-already-exists
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76 This is a subcategory of @code{file-error}.@*
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77 @xref{Writing to Files}.
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78
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79 @item file-date-error
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80 This is a subcategory of @code{file-error}. It occurs when
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81 @code{copy-file} tries and fails to set the last-modification time of
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82 the output file. @xref{Changing Files}.
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83
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84 @item file-error
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85 This error and its subcategories do not have error-strings, because the
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86 error message is constructed from the data items alone when the error
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87 condition @code{file-error} is present.@*
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88 @xref{Files}.
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90 @item file-locked
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91 This is a subcategory of @code{file-error}.@*
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92 @xref{File Locks}.
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93
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94 @item file-supersession
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95 This is a subcategory of @code{file-error}.@*
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96 @xref{Modification Time}.
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97
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98 @item ftp-error
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99 This is a subcategory of @code{file-error}, which results from problems
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100 in accessing a remote file using ftp.@*
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101 @xref{Remote Files,,, emacs, The Emacs Manual}.
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102
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103 @item invalid-function
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104 @code{"Invalid function"}@*
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105 @xref{Classifying Lists}.
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106
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107 @item invalid-read-syntax
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108 @code{"Invalid read syntax"}@*
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109 @xref{Input Functions}.
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110
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111 @item invalid-regexp
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112 @code{"Invalid regexp"}@*
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113 @xref{Regular Expressions}.
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114
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115 @item mark-inactive
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116 @code{"Mark inactive"}@*
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117 @xref{The Mark}.
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118
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119 @item no-catch
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120 @code{"No catch for tag"}@*
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121 @xref{Catch and Throw}.
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122
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123 @item scan-error
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124 @code{"Scan error"}@*
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125 This happens when certain syntax-parsing functions
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126 find invalid syntax or mismatched parentheses.@*
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127 @xref{List Motion}, and @ref{Parsing Expressions}.
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128
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129 @item search-failed
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130 @code{"Search failed"}@*
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131 @xref{Searching and Matching}.
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132
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133 @item setting-constant
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134 @code{"Attempt to set a constant symbol"}@*
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135 The values of the symbols @code{nil} and @code{t},
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136 and any symbols that start with @samp{:},
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137 may not be changed.@*
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138 @xref{Constant Variables, , Variables that Never Change}.
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139
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140 @item text-read-only
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141 @code{"Text is read-only"}@*
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142 @xref{Special Properties}.
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143
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144 @item undefined-color
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145 @code{"Undefined color"}@*
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146 @xref{Color Names}.
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147
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148 @item void-function
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149 @code{"Symbol's function definition is void"}@*
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150 @xref{Function Cells}.
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151
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152 @item void-variable
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153 @code{"Symbol's value as variable is void"}@*
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154 @xref{Accessing Variables}.
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155
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156 @item wrong-number-of-arguments
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157 @code{"Wrong number of arguments"}@*
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158 @xref{Classifying Lists}.
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159
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160 @item wrong-type-argument
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161 @code{"Wrong type argument"}@*
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162 @xref{Type Predicates}.
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163 @end table
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164
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165 These kinds of error, which are classified as special cases of
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166 @code{arith-error}, can occur on certain systems for invalid use of
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167 mathematical functions.
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168
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169 @table @code
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170 @item domain-error
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171 @code{"Arithmetic domain error"}@*
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172 @xref{Math Functions}.
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173
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174 @item overflow-error
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175 @code{"Arithmetic overflow error"}@*
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176 @xref{Math Functions}.
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177
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178 @item range-error
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179 @code{"Arithmetic range error"}@*
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180 @xref{Math Functions}.
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181
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182 @item singularity-error
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183 @code{"Arithmetic singularity error"}@*
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184 @xref{Math Functions}.
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185
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186 @item underflow-error
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187 @code{"Arithmetic underflow error"}@*
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188 @xref{Math Functions}.
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189 @end table
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