Re: Automatically turn off a default minor mode for a particular file?

[Kevin Rodgers]

dnquark wrote:
> Hi all,
> Is there a way to automatically turn off a minor mode (that's enabled
> by default) on a per file basis -- through file local variables
> perhaps?..
>
> I often work in Matlab and have mlint (automatic syntax checker)
> enabled by default -- however, I need it off in certain files (it
> screws up, make things unreadable, and sometimes doesn't play well
> with the folding mode).  Now, I know you could *enable* a minor mode
> through file-local-variables, but is there a way to disable/toggle
> it?..

I'm not familiar with Matlab or its Emacs interface, but:

(1) Is mlint useful outside of the the major mode you use to edit Matlab
    files?

(2) Because if not, why enable mlint globally (by default, as you say)
    when you could just enable it on the appropriate major mode hook?

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA