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Revision: miles@gnu.org--gnu-2004/emacs--unicode--0--patch-43 Merge from emacs--cvs-trunk--0 Patches applied: * miles@gnu.org--gnu-2004/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-553 - miles@gnu.org--gnu-2004/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-557 Update from CVS * miles@gnu.org--gnu-2004/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-558 Merge from gnus--rel--5.10 * miles@gnu.org--gnu-2004/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-559 - miles@gnu.org--gnu-2004/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-561 Update from CVS * miles@gnu.org--gnu-2004/gnus--rel--5.10--patch-30 Update from CVS
author Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
date Tue, 21 Sep 2004 09:34:12 +0000
parents cce1c0ee76ee 5358b2582e78
children e23928ac5a97
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--- a/src/buffer.c	Sun Sep 19 04:06:19 2004 +0000
+++ b/src/buffer.c	Tue Sep 21 09:34:12 2004 +0000
@@ -5446,7 +5446,14 @@
 
   DEFVAR_LISP_NOPRO ("default-major-mode", &buffer_defaults.major_mode,
 		     doc: /* *Major mode for new buffers.  Defaults to `fundamental-mode'.
-nil here means use current buffer's major mode.  */);
+nil here means use current buffer's major mode, provided it is not
+marked as "special".
+
+When a mode is used by default, `find-file' switches to it
+before it reads the contents into the buffer and before
+it finishes setting up the buffer.  Thus, the mode and
+its hooks should not expect certain variables such as
+`buffer-read-only' and `buffer-file-coding-system' to be set up.  */);
 
   DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER ("major-mode", &current_buffer->major_mode,
 		     make_number (Lisp_Symbol),