In some older versions, I've noticed font-lock-mode is not enabled.  I
frequently ssh into a server and it's emacs 21.x

On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 7:23 AM, Jai Dayal <dayalsoap@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> enable font-lock-mode
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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?
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