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 section Errors, for an explanation of how errors are generated and handled.
symbol
error
"error"
quit
"Quit"
args-out-of-range
"Args out of range"
arith-error
"Arithmetic error"
/
and %
in section Numbers.
beginning-of-buffer
"Beginning of buffer"
buffer-read-only
"Buffer is read-only"
cyclic-function-indirection
"Symbol's chain of function 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. See section Input Functions.
file-already-exists
file-error
.file-date-error
file-error
. It occurs
when copy-file
tries and fails to set the
last-modification time of the output file. See section Changing File Names and
Attributes.
file-error
file-error
is present.file-locked
file-error
.file-supersession
file-error
.invalid-function
"Invalid function"
invalid-read-syntax
"Invalid read syntax"
invalid-regexp
"Invalid regexp"
mark-inactive
"Mark inactive"
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.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"
range-error
"Arithmetic range error"
singularity-error
"Arithmetic singularity error"
underflow-error
"Arithmetic underflow error"