changeset 39544:f991379a000a

(File Variables): Emphasize the importance of having the `mode' variable the first in the list of local variables. From Eric Hanchrow <offby1@blarg.net>.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Thu, 04 Oct 2001 07:10:35 +0000
parents 46563ae68457
children 1765bd562688
files man/custom.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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--- 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