Hello, I have a piece of lisp in my configuration: (add-hook 'java-mode-hook (lambda () (font-lock-add-keywords nil '(("\\<\\(FIXME\\):" 1 font-lock-warning-face prepend))))) When this is run, font-lock mode is turned off whenever I open a java file. Turning font-lock-mode back on works, sans the highlighting of FIXME. Executing the body of the lambda in a buffer works fine. Does anyone know what the problem is? Thanks, Nathaniel Flath