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Here is the complete list of the error symbols in standard Emacs,
grouped by concept. The list includes each symbol's message (on the
error-message property of the symbol) and a cross reference to a
description of how the error can occur.
Each error symbol has an error-conditions property that is a
list of symbols. Normally this list includes the error symbol itself
and the symbol error. Occasionally it includes additional
symbols, which are intermediate classifications, narrower than
error but broader than a single error symbol. For example, all
the errors in accessing files have the condition 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 quit does not have the
condition error, because quitting is not considered an error.
See Errors, for an explanation of how errors are generated and handled.
error"error"quit"Quit"args-out-of-range"Args out of range"arith-error"Arithmetic error"beginning-of-buffer"Beginning of buffer"buffer-read-only"Buffer is read-only"coding-system-error"Invalid coding system"cyclic-function-indirection"Symbol's chain of function indirections contains a loop"cyclic-variable-indirection"Symbol's chain of variable indirections contains a loop"end-of-buffer"End of buffer"end-of-file"End of file during parsing"file-error,
because it pertains to the Lisp reader, not to file I/O.file-already-existsfile-error.file-date-errorfile-error. It occurs when
copy-file tries and fails to set the last-modification time of
the output file.file-errorfile-error is present. Thus,
the error-strings are not very relevant. However, these error symbols
do have error-message properties, and if no data is provided,
the error-message property is used.file-lockedfile-error.file-supersessionfile-error.ftp-errorfile-error, which results from problems
in accessing a remote file using ftp.invalid-function"Invalid function"invalid-read-syntax"Invalid read syntax"invalid-regexp"Invalid regexp"mark-inactive"The mark is not active now"no-catch"No catch for tag"scan-error"Scan error"search-failed"Search failed"setting-constant"Attempt to set a constant symbol"nil and t,
and any symbols that start with ‘:’,
may not be changed.text-read-only"Text is read-only"buffer-read-only.undefined-color"Undefined color"void-function"Symbol's function definition is void"void-variable"Symbol's value as variable is void"wrong-number-of-arguments"Wrong number of arguments"wrong-type-argument"Wrong type argument"These kinds of error, which are classified as special cases of
arith-error, can occur on certain systems for invalid use of
mathematical functions.
domain-error"Arithmetic domain error"overflow-error"Arithmetic overflow error"domain-error.range-error"Arithmetic range error"singularity-error"Arithmetic singularity error"domain-error.underflow-error"Arithmetic underflow error"domain-error.