From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Henrik Enberg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: FAQ 5.44 leaves still one thing desired for font-lock Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 09:26:13 +0100 Organization: Le Petomane Appreciation Society Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87k759yqxm.fsf@enberg.org> References: <849e4506.0312061922.a60fcf1@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1070786794 18327 80.91.224.253 (7 Dec 2003 08:46:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 08:46:34 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 07 09:46:31 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ASuYh-0005Y2-00 for ; Sun, 07 Dec 2003 09:46:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1ASvTj-0005dd-Kh for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2003 04:45:27 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news2.telebyte.nl!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!h253n2fls32o1112.telia.COM!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 22 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: h253n2fls32o1112.telia.com (213.65.65.253) Original-X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1070786252 74396614 213.65.65.253 ([125297]) User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:YFPgb0O2XO+UCjZBUGN/zP2KVg0= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:119072 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:15012 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:15012 bhushit@hotmail.com (Bhushit Joshipura) writes: > My [x]emacs on Redhat 9.0 does not syntax highlight automatically. I > tried Emacs FAQ and found a suggestion to add this line to my .emacs. > > (global-font-lock-mode 1) Are you sure that you're saving this to the correct file? That should be enough (It is for me). Try doing "C-x C-f ~/.emacs". Do you get the correct file? [...] > And to end all these questions, is there a .emacs or .xemacs > generator? It may let me select or deselect all options for a standard > [x]emacs - backspace / delete, keymaps, syntax highlighting, ... and > dump .emacs or .xemacs ? Not that I know of, but M-x customize might be easier to use for non-lispers. It bresents you with a browsable interface for Emacs options.