enable font-lock-mode

either

M-x font-lock-mode

or  in your new .emacs file

(global-font-lock-mode 1)

On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Shiyuan <gshy2014@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>