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Florian Lindner <Florian.Lindner@xgm.de> wrote:

> Hello,
> I want to enable Syntax Highlightning (Global font lock mode)
> Using this expression in my .emacs file is evaluated without errors but 
> don't take effect. What's wrong?
> 
> '(global-font-lock-mode t nil (font-lock))

The proper syntax is:

(global-font-lock-mode t)

Or more simply select it from the Options menu (it's the first item) and
then select "Save Options" from that same menu.

Peter