changeset 75005:eda5cae57c32

(Choosing Modes): Document auto-mode-case-fond.
author Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
date Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:38:43 +0000
parents 20d27ba582d9
children a8f469237c7e
files man/major.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- 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