+2009-09-02 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+ * buffer.c (default-major-mode): Move most of the doc from here...
+ (major-mode): ... to here.
+
2009-08-30 Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz>
* process.c (wait_reading_process_output): Keep the descriptor
Decimal digits after the % specify field width to which to pad. */);
DEFVAR_LISP_NOPRO ("default-major-mode", &buffer_defaults.major_mode,
- doc: /* *Major mode for new buffers. Defaults to `fundamental-mode'.
-A value of nil means use current buffer's major mode,
-provided it is not marked as "special".
-
-When a mode is used by default, `find-file' switches to it
-before it reads the contents into the buffer and before
-it finishes setting up the buffer. Thus, the mode and
-its hooks should not expect certain variables such as
-`buffer-read-only' and `buffer-file-coding-system' to be set up. */);
+ doc: /* *Value of `major-mode' for new buffers. */);
DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER ("major-mode", ¤t_buffer->major_mode,
make_number (Lisp_Symbol),
- doc: /* Symbol for current buffer's major mode. */);
+ doc: /* Symbol for current buffer's major mode.
+The default value (normally `fundamental-mode') affects new buffers.
+A value of nil means to use the current buffer's major mode, provided
+it is not marked as "special".
+
+When a mode is used by default, `find-file' switches to it before it
+reads the contents into the buffer and before it finishes setting up
+the buffer. Thus, the mode and its hooks should not expect certain
+variables such as `buffer-read-only' and `buffer-file-coding-system'
+to be set up. */);
DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER ("mode-name", ¤t_buffer->mode_name,
Qnil,