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From: Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>
To: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
	<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Understanding font-lock
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2022 15:36:41 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <NdzsGTnvlWgRgIxTriJ6WxREi_RmicB56J1WemuGARPREn6YVRaLVbXy_zgjEx_F7s6ey-tSWA2Yyy1r6RQ3e5FsWjBoKsIYGV-awNGaGjE=@protonmail.com> (raw)


I am finding the use of font-lock too complicated.  When I make a new buffer and apply `text-mode` or `org-mode`, `font-lock` in enabled and can print text with colour using `font-lock-face`.

But when I do not set the mode of the buffer, I get `fundamental-mode` automatically.  What should I use to print in a new buffer? 

Cannot really understand what `font-lock` is about.  Does it have to be enabled to print in colour?






             reply	other threads:[~2022-12-08 15:36 UTC|newest]

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2022-12-08 15:36 Heime [this message]
2022-12-09 13:39 ` Understanding font-lock Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor

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