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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: Emacs newbie - Syntax Highlighting and Indentation
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 22:01:56 GMT	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvad6y7gsn.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@vor.iro.umontreal.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: qSbtb.171859$pT1.46467@twister.nyc.rr.com

> The really easy answer, is to upgrade to the latest version of Emacs from
> CVS, if you know how to - it maximizes color by default.

Huh?!?!  This hasn't changed since at least Emacs-20.

> Buried under "Faces", you will find "Font Lock Maximum Decoration".

This variable has been set to t (i.e. maximum) for a slong as
I can remember.
And I don't know anybody who actually makes use of it (other than
redundantly setting it to t that is).
There's a good reason it's buried.  I wish I could kill it once and for all.


        Stefan

  reply	other threads:[~2003-11-14 22:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-11-14 15:52 Emacs newbie - Syntax Highlighting and Indentation David Rasmussen
2003-11-14 17:13 ` Uwe Siart
2003-11-14 17:48 ` Jiri Pejchal
2003-11-14 18:08 ` Michael M Mason
2003-11-14 18:20 ` Artur Hefczyc
2003-11-15 14:18   ` David Rasmussen
2003-11-15 15:08     ` Artur Hefczyc
     [not found] ` <mailman.86.1068840578.399.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-11-14 21:33   ` Bruce Ingalls
2003-11-14 22:01     ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2003-11-14 23:15   ` David Rasmussen
     [not found]     ` <mailman.117.1068862385.399.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-11-15 11:06       ` David Rasmussen
2003-11-15 12:43         ` Bruce Ingalls
2003-11-15 12:47           ` David Rasmussen
2003-11-14 22:13 ` David Rasmussen
2003-11-14 22:22   ` Jody M. Klymak
2003-11-15  9:47   ` Artur Hefczyc
2003-11-17 13:39   ` Kevin Dziulko
     [not found] ` <david.rasmussen@gmx.net>
2003-11-14 19:07   ` Peter S Galbraith
2003-11-15  1:11   ` Peter S Galbraith
2003-11-15 15:09 ` David Rasmussen
2003-11-15 16:50   ` Artur Hefczyc

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