On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 7:23 AM, Jai Dayal <dayalsoap@gmail.com> wrote:

> enable font-lock-mode
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> either
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> M-x font-lock-mode
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> or  in your new .emacs file
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> (global-font-lock-mode 1)
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> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Shiyuan <gshy2014@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi,
>>     I  lost the font color in c++-mode after I deleted  the .emacs file
>> mistakenly. What do I need in my .emacs in order to display different colors
>> in c++-mode? Thanks.
>> Shiyuan
>>
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>

font-lock should be on by default no? (At least in recent emacses)
So... Whats your emacs-version? ie M-x emacs-version
And what is the behavior when you start it with emacs -Q foo.cpp?