From 862faa64e5c41f232a636dc3b28089040cf8bc0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2022 14:36:56 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] ; * doc/lispref/modes.texi (Auto Major Mode): Clarification. (Bug#53199) --- doc/lispref/modes.texi | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/lispref/modes.texi b/doc/lispref/modes.texi index 1fafacb0573..bc078d60e15 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/modes.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/modes.texi @@ -750,6 +750,9 @@ uncompression packages: an entry of the form @code{("\\.gz\\'" @var{function} t)} can uncompress the file and then put the uncompressed file in the proper mode according to the name sans @samp{.gz}. +If @code{auto-mode-alist} has more than one element whose @var{regexp} +matches the file name, Emacs will use the first match. + Here is an example of how to prepend several pattern pairs to @code{auto-mode-alist}. (You might use this sort of expression in your init file.) -- 2.39.5