Re: [O] How can I autorun M-x linum-mode when file is opened?

[Suvayu Ali]

On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 01:07:36PM -0500, Samuel W Flint wrote:
> On 10 Aug 2014, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> [Edited for the sake of brevity]
> 
> >>> How can I have a command auto-run when a file is opened from
> >>> 'desktop recovery' please? I want to auto-run "M-x linum-mode" when
> >>> I open my daily journal, which stays open all the time. Running that
> >>> command will switch off linum-mode for that file, which may stop
> >>> "file-rot" that I have observed in the past. This can, at present,
> >>> only be resolved by shutting down emacs for half an hour or so, and
> >>> then restarting it, and normal functionality will have been
> >>> restored.
> 
> Have you considered using a hook?  That is what they are for, and
> generally, I’ve found that linum mode in an org file can be annoying, so
> in my init file I have =(add-hook ‘org-mode-hook #’(lambda ()
> (linum-mode -1)))=, and, while I have Linum on globally, this disables
> it for all org mode files.

FWIW, if anyone is curious, the following post gives some insight into
why that might be.

<http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/70356/match=linum+mode+eli+display>

Cheers,

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Suvayu

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