1) in terminal type, emacs --version

2) in emacs, type "M-x" and then type global-font-lock-mode  M stands for
"meta" and is generally the ALT key.

3) what the other guy said

On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Kim Young <kimyoung@me.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am running Mac os x lion and I want to use emacs to try to write some
> shell scripts for work. I am new to emacs so I would like help with some
> very basic things.
>
> 1.      What is the command to determine the version of emacs that is
> provided with lion?
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> 2.      How do I enable color highlighting for syntext?
>
> 3       How do I get a list of the command sequences that auto generate
> things like "for", "while" and "do" loops for   the various languages (C++,
> ruby, etc) I might use?
>
> Thanks for any help you can give me.
>
>
> John "Kim" Young
> 1663 71st  Street
> Brooklyn, NY   11204
> (917) 620-5562
> kimyoung@mac.com
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