From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: No highlighting in the .emacs file
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:55:40 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvy78zh3sj.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: fpovt2$572$1@news.net.uni-c.dk
> I have just installed emacs through synaptic on Kubuntu 7.10. When I open
> and edit my .emacs fil there are no colors or highlighting. When I last used
> emacs both my .emacs file and my C files (.c) was automatically
> highlighted. Is there some module I need to install?
In Emacs-21, highlighting (called "font-lock") was not enabled
by default. Since Emacs-22.1, it is.
So either you're using Emacs-21, or you have something like
(global-font-lock-mode)
in your .emacs which ends up turning off the highlighting.
Stefan
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-03-03 21:55 UTC|newest]
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2008-02-23 23:12 ` No highlighting in the .emacs file B. T. Raven
2008-03-03 21:55 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
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