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authorLuc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu>2003-12-30 22:38:00 +0000
committerLuc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu>2003-12-30 22:38:00 +0000
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(Standard Errors): Various small corrections and additions.
-rw-r--r--lispref/errors.texi20
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diff --git a/lispref/errors.texi b/lispref/errors.texi
index 965090aeb13..daffbf308b3 100644
--- a/lispref/errors.texi
+++ b/lispref/errors.texi
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ See @code{/} and @code{%} in @ref{Numbers}.
@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
@@ -79,12 +79,16 @@ This is a subcategory of @code{file-error}.@*
@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
@@ -113,7 +117,7 @@ in accessing a remote file using ftp.@*
@xref{Regular Expressions}.
@item mark-inactive
-@code{"Mark inactive"}@*
+@code{"The mark is not active now"}@*
@xref{The Mark}.
@item no-catch
@@ -139,6 +143,7 @@ may not be changed.@*
@item text-read-only
@code{"Text is read-only"}@*
+This is a subcategory of @code{buffer-read-only}.@*
@xref{Special Properties}.
@item undefined-color
@@ -173,6 +178,7 @@ mathematical functions.
@item overflow-error
@code{"Arithmetic overflow error"}@*
+This is a subcategory of @code{domain-error}.@*
@xref{Math Functions}.
@item range-error
@@ -181,10 +187,12 @@ mathematical functions.
@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