From: Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 14:51:08 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (Auto Major Mode): Document file-start-mode-alist.
X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-22.0.990~64
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(Auto Major Mode): Document file-start-mode-alist.
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diff --git a/lispref/modes.texi b/lispref/modes.texi
index 5d91b238fca..56fb43a0c3b 100644
--- a/lispref/modes.texi
+++ b/lispref/modes.texi
@@ -616,6 +616,11 @@ the text at the beginning of the buffer matches @var{regexp} and
 @code{auto-mode-alist} gets to decide the mode.
 @end defvar
 
+@defvar file-start-mode-alist
+This works like @code{magic-mode-alist}, except that it is handled
+only if @code{auto-mode-alist} does not specify a mode for this file.
+@end defvar
+
 @defvar auto-mode-alist
 This variable contains an association list of file name patterns
 (regular expressions) and corresponding major mode commands.  Usually,