Re: Enabling modes

[Robert Thorpe <rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com>]

Nick Helm <nick@tenpoint.co.nz> writes:

> Robert Thorpe <rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com> writes:
...
>> Is that possible?
>
> You could use mode hooks, but if you'd prefer to turn it off just for
> files with a TSV extension you could add an entry to auto-mode-alist.
> Something like this in your init should work:
>
> (global-visual-line-mode)
> (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\.tsv\'" . (lambda () (visual-line-mode -1))))
>
> Alternatively, you could use magic-mode-alist to detect the tabbed
> format itself, which would work for any extension.

That seems like a good idea.

BR,
Robert Thorpe