From 2d3ba9e768fe3b96c5ea98c900677bed1ccdeffe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glenn Morris Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 09:20:21 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] * variables.texi (File Local Variables): More hack-local-variables details. --- doc/lispref/ChangeLog | 1 + doc/lispref/variables.texi | 5 ++++- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog index 123f1731311..c23073e4254 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ * variables.texi (File Local Variables): Update hack-local-variables `mode-only' return value. + Add some more details on what this function does in the other case. 2011-05-19 Glenn Morris diff --git a/doc/lispref/variables.texi b/doc/lispref/variables.texi index 7a8536933dc..08712466b5c 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/variables.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/variables.texi @@ -1670,7 +1670,10 @@ This function works by walking the alist stored in @code{file-local-variables-alist} and applying each local variable in turn. It calls @code{before-hack-local-variables-hook} and @code{hack-local-variables-hook} before and after applying the -variables, respectively. +variables, respectively. It only calls the before-hook if the alist +is non-@code{nil}; it always calls the other hook. This +function ignores a @samp{mode} element if it specifies the same major +mode as the buffer already has. If the optional argument @var{mode-only} is non-@code{nil}, then all this function does is return a symbol specifying the major mode, -- 2.39.2