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, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.
