Re: major mode in new buffers

[Juanma Barranquero]

2010/3/30 Juri Linkov <address@hidden>:

> 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)))))

Try

  emacs -Q -l ehelp --eval "(setq-default major-mode ...etc)"
  M-x electric-describe-function <RET> car <RET>
  r


    Juanma