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> Starting with 23.2, we get warned that 'default-major-mode is
> "obsolete" and that we should use 'text-mode instead when byte
> compiling .emacs. The only problem is that

default-major-mode was a weird alias for (default-value 'major-mode).
So (setq default-major-mode <foo>) is the same as
(setq-default major-mode <foo>).


        Stefan