Subject: Re: bug#9796: 24.0.90; Major mode selection after "save as"

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:30:53 -0400

>> Changing a buffer's filename changes the major-mode (if
>> change-major-mode-with-file-name is non-nil), but does not re-hack the
>> local variables.
> I guess it probably should, since any specified file local variables get
> clobbered by the mode change.

As mentioned in some earlier post (several months ago), I think that
normal-mode should run hack-local-variables.

        Stefan