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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1998-04-20 17:43:57 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1998-04-20 17:43:57 +0000
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diff --git a/lispref/errors.texi b/lispref/errors.texi
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+++ b/lispref/errors.texi
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ See @code{/} and @code{%} in @ref{Numbers}.
@xref{Read Only Buffers}.
@item cyclic-function-indirection
-@code{"Symbol's chain of function indirections contains a@*
-loop"}@*
+@code{"Symbol's chain of function indirections contains a loop"}@*
@xref{Function Indirection}.
@item end-of-buffer
@@ -65,9 +64,14 @@ loop"}@*
@item end-of-file
@code{"End of file during parsing"}@*
-This is not a @code{file-error}.@*
+Note that this is not a @code{file-error}
+because it pertains to the Lisp reader, not to file I/O.
@xref{Input Functions}.
+@item file-already-exists
+This is a @code{file-error}.@*
+@xref{Writing to Files}.
+
@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
@@ -83,10 +87,6 @@ condition @code{file-error} is present.@*
This is a @code{file-error}.@*
@xref{File Locks}.
-@item file-already-exists
-This is a @code{file-error}.@*
-@xref{Writing to Files}.
-
@item file-supersession
This is a @code{file-error}.@*
@xref{Modification Time}.
@@ -103,17 +103,28 @@ This is a @code{file-error}.@*
@code{"Invalid regexp"}@*
@xref{Regular Expressions}.
+@item mark-inactive
+@code{Mark inactive"}@*
+@xref{The Mark}.
+
@item no-catch
@code{"No catch for tag"}@*
@xref{Catch and Throw}.
+@item scan-error
+@code{"Scan error"}@*
+This happens when certain syntax-parsing functions
+find invalid syntax or mismatched parentheses.@*
+@xref{List Motion}, and @ref{Parsing Expressions}.
+
@item search-failed
@code{"Search failed"}@*
@xref{Searching and Matching}.
@item setting-constant
@code{"Attempt to set a constant symbol"}@*
-The values of the symbols @code{nil} and @code{t}
+The values of the symbols @code{nil} and @code{t},
+and any symbols that start with @samp{:},
may not be changed.@*
@xref{Constant Variables, , Variables that Never Change}.
@@ -138,7 +149,7 @@ may not be changed.@*
@xref{Type Predicates}.
@end table
- These error types, which are all classified as special cases of
+ These kinds of error, which are classified as special cases of
@code{arith-error}, can occur on certain systems for invalid use of
mathematical functions.