Thank you all for the replies. @Nick,@Peter: Both approaches work great! :) Cheers, Marcelo. On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Nick Dokos wrote: > Pieter Praet wrote: > > > On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 17:44:26 +0200, Pieter Praet > wrote: > > > On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 11:18:54 -0400, Nick Dokos > wrote: > > > > Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I use flyspell-mode for writing articles, but I don't need it for > my gtd.org file. Is there a way to > > > > > exclude it (flyspell) from acting based on the filename of the > buffer? > > > > > > > > > > > > > You can use file local variables for things like this. There is an > > > > ``eval'' pseudo-variable to allow you to execute code. See the emacs > > > > manual for details, but it would look something like this (untested > and > > > > you have to put it at the end of the file): > > > > > > > > ... > > > > # Local Variables: > > > > # eval: (flyspell-mode 0) > > > > # End: > > > > > > Although this can get rather annoying due to > > > enable-local-variables related popups. > > > You can save the eval setting in your custom file by saying ! to the > nag question the first time it is asked. As long as you load the custom > file, > it won't nag you again. > > Nick > > > s/enable-local-variables/enable-local-eval > > > > ... though enable-local-variables applies as well. > > > > Sorry for the noise. > > > > > > > > I use something similar to this: > > > > > > (add-hook 'find-file-hook > > > (lambda () > > > (or (member (buffer-file-name) > > > '("/path/to/some/file" > > > "/path/to/other/file")) > > > (flyspell-mode 1)))) > > > >