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(kill-region): Detect read-only text
by getting an error trying to delete it.
Handle the cases where we can, and can't, get the killed text
from the undo list with much the same code.
author | Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org> |
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date | Wed, 19 Nov 1997 21:36:56 +0000 |
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2899 | 1 @c -*-texinfo-*- |
2 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. | |
3 @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc. | |
4 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions. | |
5 @setfilename ../info/errors | |
6 @node Standard Errors, Standard Buffer-Local Variables, GNU Emacs Internals, Top | |
7 @appendix Standard Errors | |
8 | |
9 Here is the complete list of the error symbols in standard Emacs, | |
10 grouped by concept. The list includes each symbol's message (on the | |
7600 | 11 @code{error-message} property of the symbol) and a cross reference to a |
2899 | 12 description of how the error can occur. |
13 | |
7600 | 14 Each error symbol has an @code{error-conditions} property that is a |
15 list of symbols. Normally this list includes the error symbol itself | |
2899 | 16 and the symbol @code{error}. Occasionally it includes additional |
7600 | 17 symbols, which are intermediate classifications, narrower than |
18 @code{error} but broader than a single error symbol. For example, all | |
19 the errors in accessing files have the condition @code{file-error}. | |
2899 | 20 |
21 As a special exception, the error symbol @code{quit} does not have the | |
22 condition @code{error}, because quitting is not considered an error. | |
23 | |
24 @xref{Errors}, for an explanation of how errors are generated and | |
25 handled. | |
26 | |
27 @table @code | |
28 @item @var{symbol} | |
29 @var{string}; @var{reference}. | |
30 | |
31 @item error | |
32 @code{"error"}@* | |
33 @xref{Errors}. | |
34 | |
35 @item quit | |
36 @code{"Quit"}@* | |
37 @xref{Quitting}. | |
38 | |
39 @item args-out-of-range | |
40 @code{"Args out of range"}@* | |
41 @xref{Sequences Arrays Vectors}. | |
42 | |
43 @item arith-error | |
44 @code{"Arithmetic error"}@* | |
45 See @code{/} and @code{%} in @ref{Numbers}. | |
46 | |
47 @item beginning-of-buffer | |
48 @code{"Beginning of buffer"}@* | |
49 @xref{Motion}. | |
50 | |
51 @item buffer-read-only | |
52 @code{"Buffer is read-only"}@* | |
53 @xref{Read Only Buffers}. | |
54 | |
12098 | 55 @item cyclic-function-indirection |
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57 loop"}@* |
12098 | 58 @xref{Function Indirection}. |
59 | |
2899 | 60 @item end-of-buffer |
61 @code{"End of buffer"}@* | |
62 @xref{Motion}. | |
63 | |
64 @item end-of-file | |
65 @code{"End of file during parsing"}@* | |
66 This is not a @code{file-error}.@* | |
67 @xref{Input Functions}. | |
68 | |
69 @item file-error | |
7600 | 70 This error and its subcategories do not have error-strings, because the |
71 error message is constructed from the data items alone when the error | |
72 condition @code{file-error} is present.@* | |
2899 | 73 @xref{Files}. |
74 | |
75 @item file-locked | |
76 This is a @code{file-error}.@* | |
77 @xref{File Locks}. | |
78 | |
79 @item file-already-exists | |
80 This is a @code{file-error}.@* | |
81 @xref{Writing to Files}. | |
82 | |
83 @item file-supersession | |
84 This is a @code{file-error}.@* | |
7600 | 85 @xref{Modification Time}. |
2899 | 86 |
87 @item invalid-function | |
88 @code{"Invalid function"}@* | |
89 @xref{Classifying Lists}. | |
90 | |
91 @item invalid-read-syntax | |
92 @code{"Invalid read syntax"}@* | |
93 @xref{Input Functions}. | |
94 | |
95 @item invalid-regexp | |
96 @code{"Invalid regexp"}@* | |
97 @xref{Regular Expressions}. | |
98 | |
99 @item no-catch | |
100 @code{"No catch for tag"}@* | |
101 @xref{Catch and Throw}. | |
102 | |
103 @item search-failed | |
104 @code{"Search failed"}@* | |
105 @xref{Searching and Matching}. | |
106 | |
107 @item setting-constant | |
108 @code{"Attempt to set a constant symbol"}@* | |
109 The values of the symbols @code{nil} and @code{t} | |
110 may not be changed.@* | |
111 @xref{Constant Variables, , Variables that Never Change}. | |
112 | |
12098 | 113 @item undefined-color |
114 @code{"Undefined color"}@* | |
115 @xref{Color Names}. | |
116 | |
2899 | 117 @item void-function |
118 @code{"Symbol's function definition is void"}@* | |
119 @xref{Function Cells}. | |
120 | |
121 @item void-variable | |
122 @code{"Symbol's value as variable is void"}@* | |
123 @xref{Accessing Variables}. | |
124 | |
125 @item wrong-number-of-arguments | |
126 @code{"Wrong number of arguments"}@* | |
127 @xref{Classifying Lists}. | |
128 | |
129 @item wrong-type-argument | |
130 @code{"Wrong type argument"}@* | |
131 @xref{Type Predicates}. | |
132 @end table | |
12098 | 133 |
134 These error types, which are all classified as special cases of | |
135 @code{arith-error}, can occur on certain systems for invalid use of | |
136 mathematical functions. | |
137 | |
138 @table @code | |
139 @item domain-error | |
140 @code{"Arithmetic domain error"}@* | |
141 @xref{Math Functions}. | |
142 | |
143 @item overflow-error | |
144 @code{"Arithmetic overflow error"}@* | |
145 @xref{Math Functions}. | |
146 | |
147 @item range-error | |
148 @code{"Arithmetic range error"}@* | |
149 @xref{Math Functions}. | |
150 | |
151 @item singularity-error | |
152 @code{"Arithmetic singularity error"}@* | |
153 @xref{Math Functions}. | |
154 | |
155 @item underflow-error | |
156 @code{"Arithmetic underflow error"}@* | |
157 @xref{Math Functions}. | |
158 @end table |