# HG changeset patch
# User Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
# Date 1167525523 0
# Node ID eda5cae57c32565025fb7299b32281848352fe76
# Parent  20d27ba582d970f629cba35051f2f3e047040c18
(Choosing Modes): Document auto-mode-case-fond.

diff -r 20d27ba582d9 -r eda5cae57c32 man/major.texi
--- a/man/major.texi	Sun Dec 31 00:34:49 2006 +0000
+++ b/man/major.texi	Sun Dec 31 00:38:43 2006 +0000
@@ -148,6 +148,14 @@
 @noindent
 @xref{File Variables}, for more information about this.
 
+@vindex auto-mode-case-fold
+  On systems with case-insensitive file names, only a single
+case-insensitive search through the @code{auto-mode-alist} is made.
+On other systems, Emacs normally performs a single case-sensitive
+search through the alist, but if you set this variable to a
+non-@code{nil} value, Emacs will perform a second case-insensitive
+search if the first search fails.
+
 @vindex interpreter-mode-alist
   When a file's contents begin with @samp{#!}, it can serve as an
 executable shell command, which works by running an interpreter named on