# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1173032415 0
# Node ID b996cc5f189699e894d4f51e0728fb09c4f4b936
# Parent  686197fbacfa32b4418697804bf3fba57ce1fd46
(Major Mode Conventions): Fundamental mode is exception.

diff -r 686197fbacfa -r b996cc5f1896 lispref/modes.texi
--- a/lispref/modes.texi	Sun Mar 04 18:19:45 2007 +0000
+++ b/lispref/modes.texi	Sun Mar 04 18:20:15 2007 +0000
@@ -256,7 +256,9 @@
   The code for existing major modes follows various coding conventions,
 including conventions for local keymap and syntax table initialization,
 global names, and hooks.  Please follow these conventions when you
-define a new major mode.
+define a new major mode.  (Fundamental mode is an exception to many
+of these conventions, because its definition is to present the global
+state of Emacs.)
 
   This list of conventions is only partial, because each major mode
 should aim for consistency in general with other Emacs major modes.