set-auto-mode change

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index d7f59d22551c25a433a8a0dd9f990abd9fac4316..40b48bf30a19795cdd26e40af64537e12928385a 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ types any more.  Add -DUSE_LISP_UNION_TYPE if you want union types.
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 * Changes in Emacs 21.4
 
++++
+** `set-auto-mode' now gives the interpreter magic line (if present)
+precedence over the file name.  Likewise an <?xml or <!DOCTYPE declaration
+will give the buffer XML or SGML mode, unless the file name leads to a mode in
+`xml-based-modes'.
+
 +++
 ** New function `looking-back' checks whether a regular expression matches
 the text before point.  Specifying the LIMIT argument bounds how far