@c -*-texinfo-*-
@c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004,
+@c 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
@setfilename ../info/errors
@node Standard Errors, Standard Buffer-Local Variables, GNU Emacs Internals, Top
@item args-out-of-range
@code{"Args out of range"}@*
-@xref{Sequences Arrays Vectors}.
+This happens when trying to access an element beyond the range of a
+sequence or buffer.@*
+@xref{Sequences Arrays Vectors}, @xref{Text}.
@item arith-error
@code{"Arithmetic error"}@*
-See @code{/} and @code{%} in @ref{Numbers}.
+@xref{Arithmetic Operations}.
@item beginning-of-buffer
@code{"Beginning of buffer"}@*
-@xref{Motion}.
+@xref{Character Motion}.
@item buffer-read-only
@code{"Buffer is read-only"}@*
@item coding-system-error
@code{"Invalid coding system"}@*
-@xref{Coding Systems}.
+@xref{Lisp and Coding Systems}.
@item cyclic-function-indirection
@code{"Symbol's chain of function indirections\@* contains a loop"}@*
@xref{Function Indirection}.
+@item cyclic-variable-indirection
+@code{"Symbol's chain of variable indirections\@* contains a loop"}@*
+@xref{Variable Aliases}.
+
@item end-of-buffer
@code{"End of buffer"}@*
-@xref{Motion}.
+@xref{Character Motion}.
@item end-of-file
@code{"End of file during parsing"}@*
Note that this is not a subcategory of @code{file-error},
-because it pertains to the Lisp reader, not to file I/O.
+because it pertains to the Lisp reader, not to file I/O.@*
@xref{Input Functions}.
@item file-already-exists
@item file-date-error
This is a subcategory of @code{file-error}. It occurs when
@code{copy-file} tries and fails to set the last-modification time of
-the output file. @xref{Changing Files}.
+the output file.@*
+@xref{Changing Files}.
@item file-error
-This error and its subcategories do not have error-strings, because the
-error message is constructed from the data items alone when the error
-condition @code{file-error} is present.@*
+We do not list the error-strings of this error and its subcategories,
+because the error message is normally constructed from the data items
+alone when the error condition @code{file-error} is present. Thus,
+the error-strings are not very relevant. However, these error symbols
+do have @code{error-message} properties, and if no data is provided,
+the @code{error-message} property @emph{is} used.@*
@xref{Files}.
@item file-locked
@item invalid-function
@code{"Invalid function"}@*
-@xref{Classifying Lists}.
+@xref{Function Indirection}.
@item invalid-read-syntax
@code{"Invalid read syntax"}@*
-@xref{Input Functions}.
+@xref{Printed Representation}.
@item invalid-regexp
@code{"Invalid regexp"}@*
@xref{Regular Expressions}.
@item mark-inactive
-@code{"Mark inactive"}@*
+@code{"The mark is not active now"}@*
@xref{The Mark}.
@item no-catch
@item text-read-only
@code{"Text is read-only"}@*
+This is a subcategory of @code{buffer-read-only}.@*
@xref{Special Properties}.
@item undefined-color
@item overflow-error
@code{"Arithmetic overflow error"}@*
+This is a subcategory of @code{domain-error}.@*
@xref{Math Functions}.
@item range-error
@item singularity-error
@code{"Arithmetic singularity error"}@*
+This is a subcategory of @code{domain-error}.@*
@xref{Math Functions}.
@item underflow-error
@code{"Arithmetic underflow error"}@*
+This is a subcategory of @code{domain-error}.@*
@xref{Math Functions}.
@end table