Re: 'initial-major-mode interaction with 'major-mode

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> Thanks Stefan. Have you tested this on your machine (alternating
> between default-major-mode and major-mode)?

Of course.  And I recently rewrote the way default-major-mode works
internally and am responsible for declaring it obsolete.

> After reading your message I tried using major-mode again and
> *scratch* opens up in Fundamental mode. I switch it back to
> default-major-mode and *scratch* opens up in lisp-interaction-mode as
> specified in 'initial-major-mode.
> I'm noticing a difference in behavior between using 'default-major-
> mode and 'major-mode, and I'm not hallucinating it. Is it possible
> that some other setting is affecting the behavior of one or the other?

Define "using".  I.e. show us the actual code you tried.
And don't forget that for `major-mode', you need to set it with
`setq-default' rather than with `setq'.


        Stefan