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>>>>> "Florian" == Florian Lindner <Florian.Lindner@xgm.de> writes:

  Florian> Hello, I want to enable Syntax Highlightning (Global font
  Florian> lock mode) Using this expression in my .emacs file is
  Florian> evaluated without errors but don't take effect. What's
  Florian> wrong?

  Florian> '(global-font-lock-mode t nil (font-lock))

It's quoted which means "don't evaluate the following".

Try 

(global-font-lock-mode t)

Cheers

Phil