Subject: Re: bug#23827: 25.1.50; tab-width file-local variable has no effect in etc/HELLO

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 18:39:11 -0400

> get called.  It isn't clear to me where `major-mode', which presumably is
> set to binary zeros when the buffer structure gets allocated, gets set to
> `fundamental-mode'.

"grep -n fundamental_mode src/*.c" should give you the answer ;-)

        Stefan