# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1178808668 0
# Node ID 6f93cd776ecf304f232307708e0c8cd412c7752e
# Parent  c1c0e593ebb48d6bf54b092a77b90039e4f7a55a
(Auto Major Mode): Document file-start-mode-alist.

diff -r c1c0e593ebb4 -r 6f93cd776ecf lispref/modes.texi
--- a/lispref/modes.texi	Thu May 10 14:48:46 2007 +0000
+++ b/lispref/modes.texi	Thu May 10 14:51:08 2007 +0000
@@ -616,6 +616,11 @@
 @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,