changeset 60109:b38fabf04e70

(Choosing Modes): Clarify.

--- a/man/major.texi	Wed Feb 16 10:07:28 2005 +0000
+++ b/man/major.texi	Wed Feb 16 10:08:30 2005 +0000
@@ -92,14 +92,14 @@
 @code{(@t{"\\.c\\'"} . c-mode)}, and it is responsible for selecting C
 mode for files whose names end in @file{.c}.  (Note that @samp{\\} is
 needed in Lisp syntax to include a @samp{\} in the string, which must
-be used to suppress the special meaning of @samp{.} in regexps.)  If the
-element has the form @code{(@var{regexp} @var{mode-function}
+be used to suppress the special meaning of @samp{.} in regexps.)  If
+the element has the form @code{(@var{regexp} @var{mode-function}
 @var{flag})} and @var{flag} is non-@code{nil}, then after calling
-@var{mode-function}, the suffix that matched @var{regexp} is discarded
-and the list is searched again for another match.
+@var{mode-function}, Emacs discards the suffix that matched
+@var{regexp} and searches the list again for another match.
 
-  You can specify which major mode should be used for editing a certain
-file by a special sort of text in the first nonblank line of the file.  The
+  You can specify the major mode to use for editing a certain file by
+special text in the first nonblank line of the file.  The
 mode name should appear in this line both preceded and followed by
 @samp{-*-}.  Other text may appear on the line as well.  For example,
 
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@
 @vindex change-major-mode-with-file-name
   The commands @kbd{C-x C-w} and @code{set-visited-file-name} change to
 a new major mode if the new file name implies a mode (@pxref{Saving}).
+(@kbd{C-x C-s} does this too, if the buffer wasn't visiting a file.)
 However, this does not happen if the buffer contents specify a major
 mode, and certain ``special'' major modes do not allow the mode to
 change.  You can turn off this mode-changing feature by setting