*** empty log message ***

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index c419831b285d591253228dd717f72b69f0b1823a..bd5a003f503c26f603e4dd75c87d768aee71513f 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -5543,6 +5543,15 @@ of multiline constructs so that such constructs get properly recognized.
 
 ** Major mode mechanism changes:
 
++++
+*** If new variable `auto-mode-case-fold' is set to a non-nil value,
+Emacs will perform a second case-insensitive search through
+`auto-mode-alist' if the first case-sensitive search fails.
+This means that a file FILE.TXT is opened in text-mode, and a file PROG.PY
+is opened in python-mode.  Note however, that independent of this
+setting, *.C files are usually recognized as C++ files.
+It also has no effect on systems with case-insensitive file names.
+
 +++
 *** New variable `magic-mode-alist' determines major mode for a file by
 looking at the file contents.  It takes precedence over `auto-mode-alist'.

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 273d7f52eb07a2a901e9d7e78d4ef22d731560af..1c1070b040bb093eef9642bb89605bf4fbb918f4 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-12-31  Kim F. Storm  <storm@cua.dk>
+
+       * files.el (auto-mode-case-fold): New defcustom.
+       (set-auto-mode): If non-nil, perform second case-sensitive pass
+       through auto-mode-alist if first pass failed.
+
 2006-12-30  Richard Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>
 
        * emacs-lisp/easy-mmode.el (define-global-minor-mode): Doc fix.
@@ -5,7 +11,7 @@
 2006-12-30  Ken Manheimer  <ken.manheimer@gmail.com>
 
        * allout.el (allout-encrypt-string): Handle symmetric-key
-       passphrase caching but leave keypair caching to pgg.  
+       passphrase caching but leave keypair caching to pgg.
 
 2006-12-30  Michael Albinus  <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
 

diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog
index 4a8640bd387a73593dacf72d7506597d1a069676..3e6fb6d816421fb434be3f3c6b76ab0746f5b0b1 100644 (file)
--- a/man/ChangeLog
+++ b/man/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-12-31  Kim F. Storm  <storm@cua.dk>
+
+       * major.texi (Choosing Modes): Document auto-mode-case-fond.
+
 2006-12-30  Kim F. Storm  <storm@cua.dk>
 
        * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): Fix typo.