# HG changeset patch
# User Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
# Date 1002179435 0
# Node ID f991379a000af36c44a45961393049cd8d780f82
# Parent  46563ae684576684051b5f3687b4994f6df5ee86
(File Variables): Emphasize the importance of having the `mode' variable
the first in the list of local variables.  From Eric Hanchrow
<offby1@blarg.net>.

diff -r 46563ae68457 -r f991379a000a man/custom.texi
--- a/man/custom.texi	Wed Oct 03 20:32:19 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/custom.texi	Thu Oct 04 07:10:35 2001 +0000
@@ -968,8 +968,11 @@
 and a value for the variable @code{eval} is simply evaluated as an
 expression and the value is ignored.  @code{mode} and @code{eval} are
 not real variables; setting variables named @code{mode} and @code{eval}
-in any other context has no special meaning.  If @code{mode} is used to
-set a major mode, it should be the first ``variable'' in the list.
+in any other context has no special meaning.  @emph{If @code{mode} is
+used to set a major mode, it should be the first ``variable'' in the
+list.}  Otherwise, the entries that precede it in the list of the local
+variables are likely to be ignored, since most modes kill all local
+variables as part of their initialization.
 
   You can use the @code{mode} ``variable'' to set minor modes as well as
 major modes; in fact, you can use it more than once, first to set the