Re: syntax coloring os not working!!!!!

[Bijan Soleymani <bijan@psq.com>]

unni krishnan <gnu_talk@yahoo.co.in> writes:

> >
> > hello,
> >
> > i am a new user (student) of emacs.how can i
> > do syntax coloring in emacs?
> >
> >It's simply, just type:
> >M-x global-font-lock-mode
> >If you don't have the Meta key (alt should be equal to Meta), you can
> >type ESC-x global-font-lock-mode
> >To make permanent this configuration, you must edit the .emacs file and
> >insert the following line
> >(global-font-lock-mode 1)
> 
>  
> 
> hi,
> 
> syntax coloring is not working.
What version of emacs are you using?
Are you using it in X or the console (emacs only supports colors on
text only terminals since version 21)? 

> thanks for response. i am using a linux 7.2
There is no such thing. Linux is the kernel, the current bleeding edge
is around 2.5.36. You must be using a distribution of Linux and some
other free software, possibly Red Hat, Mandrake or Slackware.
 
> i have typed the command
> 
>  M-x global-font-lock-mode
> 
> but the result is
> 
> "global font lock mode disabled"
That would indicate that it was already enabled, and that you disabled
it. What happens if you run M-x global-font-lock-mode again?

What are you using highlighting for? If you open a text file (.txt)
there (obviously) won't be any highlighting by default. What happens
if you open a C source file (.c)?

Finally emacs comes with excellent online documentation. Please take
the time to familiarize yourself with it.

Choose read the emacs manual from the help submenu.

C-h i
will get you into info which should have documentation for many of the
programs on your computer. Move the cursor down to emacs and then
press enter.
Only a few commands are enough to use info:
'Enter' follows a link'
'u' moves up to a higher level. 
'l' goes back to the last place you were at.

That should be enough to get started.

Bijan