On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Jai Dayal <dayalsoap@gmail.com> wrote:

> In some older versions, I've noticed font-lock-mode is not enabled.  I
> frequently ssh into a server and it's emacs 21.x
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com>wrote:
>
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>> On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 7:23 AM, Jai Dayal <dayalsoap@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> enable font-lock-mode
>>>
>>> either
>>>
>>> M-x font-lock-mode
>>>
>>> or  in your new .emacs file
>>>
>>> (global-font-lock-mode 1)
>>>
>>> That works.

>
>>> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Shiyuan <gshy2014@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>     I  lost the font color in c++-mode after I deleted  the .emacs file
>>>> mistakenly. What do I need in my .emacs in order to display different colors
>>>> in c++-mode? Thanks.
>>>> Shiyuan
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> font-lock should be on by default no? (At least in recent emacses)
>> So... Whats your emacs-version? ie M-x emacs-version
>> And what is the behavior when you start it with emacs -Q foo.cpp?
>>
>
>
Mine is 21.4.1 which comes with linux redhat.