From 2c47a0f0fc4aa69715314552f74bf2b5b77953e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Kim F. Storm" Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:38:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Choosing Modes): Document auto-mode-case-fond. --- man/major.texi | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/major.texi b/man/major.texi index e444965dd99..fe9416aacde 100644 --- a/man/major.texi +++ b/man/major.texi @@ -148,6 +148,14 @@ which allows you to specify local variables as well, like this: @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