Re: Can I turn on some minor mode on specific files?

[Hongxu Chen]

It works, thanks, Pascal.
Didn't realize that I could use `mode' that way. Seems that it specifies
the additional minor-mode, but it is not a variable(at least `C-h v'
cannot fetch it). So what is the mechanism?

Another question, is the local variable specified should be limited to
be within 512 bytes exactly? I haven't found the related docs yet.

"Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> writes:

> Hongxu Chen <leftcopy.chx@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi list,
>>
>>    I sometimes do not need to spell check for all the text files, but
>>    only a few specific files on-line. So I would like the spell checker
>>    like flymake only turned on for these files. Is there a way to do so?
>>    I guess that the file-local variable might help, however I am not
>>    familiar with the `eval' syntax.
>
> Just put: -*- mode:flyspell -*-
> on the first or second line.
>
>
> Alternatively, put:
>
> Local Variables:
> mode: flyspell
> End:
>
> within the last 512 bytes of the file.
>
>
>
> If you want to activate it for a whole familly of files determined by
> their path (eg. extension, name or directory component), you can use
> auto-mode-alist.

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Regards,
Hongxu Chen