From: Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:38:43 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (Choosing Modes): Document auto-mode-case-fond.
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(Choosing Modes): Document auto-mode-case-fond.
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diff --git a/man/major.texi b/man/major.texi
index e444965dd99..fe9416aacde 100644
--- a/man/major.texi
+++ b/man/major.texi
@@ -148,6 +148,14 @@ which allows you to specify local variables as well, like this:
 @noindent
 @xref{File Variables}, for more information about this.
 
+@vindex auto-mode-case-fold
+  On systems with case-insensitive file names, only a single
+case-insensitive search through the @code{auto-mode-alist} is made.
+On other systems, Emacs normally performs a single case-sensitive
+search through the alist, but if you set this variable to a
+non-@code{nil} value, Emacs will perform a second case-insensitive
+search if the first search fails.
+
 @vindex interpreter-mode-alist
   When a file's contents begin with @samp{#!}, it can serve as an
 executable shell command, which works by running an interpreter named on