The following when at the end of a file does not turn off font-lock-mode when visiting a file: ;; Local Variables: ;; eval: (lisp-mode) ;; eval: (font-lock-mode -1) ;; End: How do I turn off font-lock-mode per file then? Best wishes, Enda This doesn't work either (even though I do not want to turn off font-lock globally, just for the file that I am visiting): ;; Local Variables: ;; eval: (lisp-mode) ;; eval: (global-font-lock-mode -1) ;; End: