Re: major mode in new buffers

[Juri Linkov]

> new buffers get default-major-mode. I would find it more convenient if
> auto-mode-alist was used.
>
> Is there a disadvantage to that?

You can see in http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/115520/focus=115794
that the following code can be used for a new non-file buffer to set its
major mode based on the buffer name:

  (setq-default major-mode (lambda ()
                             (if buffer-file-name
                                 (fundamental-mode)
                               (let ((buffer-file-name (buffer-name)))
                                 (set-auto-mode)))))

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Juri Linkov
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