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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}.
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21 As a special exception, the error symbol @code{quit} does not have the
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22 condition @code{error}, because quitting is not considered an error.
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24 @xref{Errors}, for an explanation of how errors are generated and
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25 handled.
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26
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27 @table @code
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28 @item @var{symbol}
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29 @var{string}; @var{reference}.
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31 @item error
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32 @code{"error"}@*
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33 @xref{Errors}.
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35 @item quit
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36 @code{"Quit"}@*
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37 @xref{Quitting}.
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39 @item args-out-of-range
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40 @code{"Args out of range"}@*
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41 @xref{Sequences Arrays Vectors}.
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43 @item arith-error
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44 @code{"Arithmetic error"}@*
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45 See @code{/} and @code{%} in @ref{Numbers}.
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47 @item beginning-of-buffer
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48 @code{"Beginning of buffer"}@*
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49 @xref{Motion}.
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51 @item buffer-read-only
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52 @code{"Buffer is read-only"}@*
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53 @xref{Read Only Buffers}.
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55 @item end-of-buffer
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56 @code{"End of buffer"}@*
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57 @xref{Motion}.
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59 @item end-of-file
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60 @code{"End of file during parsing"}@*
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61 This is not a @code{file-error}.@*
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62 @xref{Input Functions}.
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64 @item file-error
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65 This error and its subcategories do not have error-strings, because the
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66 error message is constructed from the data items alone when the error
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67 condition @code{file-error} is present.@*
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68 @xref{Files}.
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70 @item file-locked
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71 This is a @code{file-error}.@*
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72 @xref{File Locks}.
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74 @item file-already-exists
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75 This is a @code{file-error}.@*
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76 @xref{Writing to Files}.
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78 @item file-supersession
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79 This is a @code{file-error}.@*
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80 @xref{Modification Time}.
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82 @item invalid-function
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83 @code{"Invalid function"}@*
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84 @xref{Classifying Lists}.
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86 @item invalid-read-syntax
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87 @code{"Invalid read syntax"}@*
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88 @xref{Input Functions}.
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90 @item invalid-regexp
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91 @code{"Invalid regexp"}@*
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92 @xref{Regular Expressions}.
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94 @item no-catch
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95 @code{"No catch for tag"}@*
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96 @xref{Catch and Throw}.
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99 @code{"Search failed"}@*
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100 @xref{Searching and Matching}.
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103 @code{"Attempt to set a constant symbol"}@*
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104 The values of the symbols @code{nil} and @code{t}
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106 @xref{Constant Variables, , Variables that Never Change}.
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108 @item void-function
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109 @code{"Symbol's function definition is void"}@*
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110 @xref{Function Cells}.
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112 @item void-variable
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113 @code{"Symbol's value as variable is void"}@*
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114 @xref{Accessing Variables}.
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116 @item wrong-number-of-arguments
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117 @code{"Wrong number of arguments"}@*
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118 @xref{Classifying Lists}.
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120 @item wrong-type-argument
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121 @code{"Wrong type argument"}@*
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122 @xref{Type Predicates}.
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123 @end table