RE: How to turn off font-lock-mode with a local variable

[Drew Adams]

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> I want to disable font-lock-mode using Local Variables,
> and the obvious way does not work.
>
>> 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:

FWIW, what you tried works for me, in Emacs 24.1.  What is your Emacs version?

Try also this (same as what you tried, except for the major-mode part):

;; Local Variables:
;; mode: lisp
;; eval: (font-lock-mode -1)
;; End:

See (emacs) `Specifying File Variables'.

But neither form seems to work in Emacs 22.3 or 23.3.  Perhaps someone else has
a suggestion.