the value of `default-directory'."
(unless dir
(setq dir default-directory))
- (read-file-name prompt dir (or default-dirname
+ (read-file-name prompt dir (or default-dirname
(if initial (expand-file-name initial dir)
dir))
mustmatch initial
"Alist mapping interpreter names to major modes.
This is used for files whose first lines match `auto-mode-interpreter-regexp'.
Each element looks like (INTERPRETER . MODE).
-The car of each element is compared with
+The car of each element, a regular expression, is compared with
the name of the interpreter specified in the first line.
If it matches, mode MODE is selected.
(defvar auto-mode-interpreter-regexp
"#![ \t]?\\([^ \t\n]*\
/bin/env[ \t]\\)?\\([^ \t\n]+\\)"
- "Regular expression matching interpreters, for file mode determination.
+ "Regexp matching interpreters, for file mode determination.
This regular expression is matched against the first line of a file
-to determine the file's mode in `set-auto-mode' when Emacs can't deduce
-a mode from the file's name. If it matches, the file is assumed to
-be interpreted by the interpreter matched by the second group of the
-regular expression. The mode is then determined as the mode associated
-with that interpreter in `interpreter-mode-alist'.")
+to determine the file's mode in `set-auto-mode'. If it matches, the file
+is assumed to be interpreted by the interpreter matched by the second group
+of the regular expression. The mode is then determined as the mode
+associated with that interpreter in `interpreter-mode-alist'.")
(defvar magic-mode-alist
`(;; The < comes before the groups (but the first) to reduce backtracking.