Variable: special-mode-hook
special-mode-hook is a variable defined in simple.el.gz.
Value
nil
Documentation
Hook run after entering Special mode.
No problems result if this variable is not bound.
add-hook automatically binds it. (This is true for all hook variables.)
Source Code
;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/simple.el.gz
(define-derived-mode special-mode nil "Special"
"Parent major mode from which special major modes should inherit.
A special major mode is intended to view specially formatted data
rather than files. These modes usually use read-only buffers."
(setq buffer-read-only t))