From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bruce Ingalls Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs newbie - Syntax Highlighting and Indentation Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 21:33:10 GMT Organization: Road Runner - NYC Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1068846438 2580 80.91.224.253 (14 Nov 2003 21:47:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 21:47:18 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 14 22:47:14 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AKlmc-0001b8-00 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 22:47:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AKmiP-0002uG-0w for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 17:46:57 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!news.primus.ca!news.primus.ca!news3.optonline.net!cyclone.rdc-nyc.rr.com!news-out.nyc.rr.com!twister.nyc.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031013 Thunderbird/0.3 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 28 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.168.133.21 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com Original-X-Trace: twister.nyc.rr.com 1068845590 24.168.133.21 (Fri, 14 Nov 2003 16:33:10 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 16:33:10 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:118284 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:14226 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:14226 >>1) How do I enable syntax highlighting by default > > I'm a little disappointed (but not surprised) that everyone replying > so far says to edit the .emacs file. > > The simple and user-friendly answer is to use the Options menu, enable > Syntax Highlighting and then Save Options. > > I'm also encouraging new users to use the custom interface rather than > scaring them with elisp edits. Well, Emacs would be more user friendly, if it weren't so picky about its friends ;) I hope a shameless plug for *my* .emacs at will make Emacs more user friendly, and solves many more issues. It also comes with newbie documentation, and requires no programming. 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. You won't find the answer you expect, by searching the Options menu under "Development" nor "Programming". Nor will you find "syntax highlighting". Buried under "Faces", you will find "Font Lock Maximum Decoration".