From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lowell Gilbert Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: No syntax highlighting in python mode Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 16:19:57 -0400 Message-ID: <44hbmfldaq.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1291826950 18846 80.91.229.12 (8 Dec 2010 16:49:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 16:49:10 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 08 17:49:05 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PQNCS-0003TM-J2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:49:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53165 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PQMpd-0004wC-Qu for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:25:29 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news1.google.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.speakeasy.net!news.speakeasy.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 15:19:57 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (berkeley-unix) Cancel-Lock: sha1:+fyCj+Wlzez3qVBKcxjvOpEBuso= Original-Lines: 38 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.92.78.145 Original-X-Trace: sv3-Tx6aEbO1MP3Sor6j+axTbrkNP8DWS3z5gOhaqELWzM/YFP2f23u+yIYb2suHKFVVCqjygSuIX+owIYP!WxqqPmZ251RXk4/oQxNr+LyEN1ZTFig71v9XF9EhofxCC/NF3wHdgQS/7rLJK16GPEZtSlwQ/q7n!+nWT5dFZRg== X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:178109 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:75643 Archived-At: Tim Johnson writes: > On 2010-05-10, Tim Johnson wrote: >> I'm using GNU Emacs 23.1.1 on Slackware linux 13.0 32-bit. >> Syntax highlighting does not work. The only thing highlighted are >> strings. Not even function definitions. >> >> I've tried add-hook with >> (setq font-lock-maximum-decoration >> '((python-mode . 3))) >> >> I've started emacs with a python file and --debug-init >> with no messages that suggest any type of error. >> >> c-h, v font-lock-maximum-decoration gives me >> [no match] >> >> Any suggestions would be appreciated. Other programming >> modes work fine. Other python mode functions appear to >> work as expected. > Hmm! See > http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/PythonMode > where is says: > """ > Emacs post version 21 has its own python mode (python.el). This is > enabled by default for .py files so you don?t have to add anything to > your InitFile to use it. > """ > I believe the statement above is incorrect. I had to use the > require form - I.E. (require 'python) to activate the syntax > highlighting. I can't reproduce that. In fact: emacs -q /usr/share/yum-cli/yumcommands.py gives me python-mode *with* syntax color. [Also on 23.1.1]