(set-auto-mode): If search for mode specification failed, look for an

interpreter specified on the first line.

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 4fa3538b30e..a442970132a 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-12-16  Klaus Zeitler  <kzeitler@lucent.com>
+
+        * files.el (set-auto-mode): Look for an interpreter specified on
+        the first line also if search for mode specification succeeded,
+        but the mode is not known.
+
 2005-12-16  Carsten Dominik  <dominik@science.uva.nl>
 
         * textmodes/org.el: (org-tags-match-list-sublevels): New option.
diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index df78985e3be..bb2342c2cef 100644
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -2098,7 +2098,8 @@ only set the major mode, if that would change it."
               (setq done t)
               (or (set-auto-mode-0 mode keep-mode-if-same)
                   ;; continuing would call minor modes again, toggling them off
-                  (throw 'nop nil)))))
+                  (throw 'nop nil))))))
+    (unless done
       ;; If we didn't, look for an interpreter specified in the first line.
       ;; As a special case, allow for things like "#!/bin/env perl", which
       ;; finds the interpreter anywhere in $PATH.