On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 06:34:12PM -0800, Les Harris wrote:
> 
> Using a file local variable for the files with no extension would be one
> option. ie, adding:
> 
> -*- mode: flyspell; -*-
> 
> to the top of your file would turn flyspell mode on.  This is only
> useful for files you visit often though.
> 
> Alternatively, you can add an element to magic-mode-alist which makes
> emacs match a given regular expression or match function against the
> file being opened and setting the given mode.  This method is only

Yes, thanks I might have a play with this at some stage, but it is
probably easier if I just use the txt extention:) 

Also, speaking of this can you show me the sintax of how I would
automatically set message-mode for a filename containing the words
"mutt-localhost"?

Thanks 

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Cheers,
Dan

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