(Auto Major Mode): Document file-start-mode-alist.

4c88cf6d · Richard M. Stallman · 14774875 · 4c88cf6d
Commit 4c88cf6d authored May 10, 2007 by Richard M. Stallman
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@@ -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,