From which version of emacs was global-font-lock-mode and font-lock-maximum-decoration true by default?

From which version of emacs was global-font-lock-mode and font-lock-maximum-decoration true by default?

[Eric Lilja]

As the subject says, from which version of emacs was 
global-font-lock-mode and font-lock-maximum-decoration true by default?

I'm trying to clean my .emacs file and I noticed I was setting those two 
to true (t) even though they are true by default on my bleeding edge 
version I run on my own computers. However, sometimes I have to use 
emacs 21.4.1 and I've made monolithic .emacs file for easy maintenance 
but if those are true in emacs 21.4.1 as well I will be removing them 
from my .emacs file. I tried googling but I just got links that weren't 
relevant.

I checked the wiki and it only says those were not on by default on old 
versions of emacs but how old, that is what I want to know. :)

Thanks for any replies.

- Eric

RE: From which version of emacs was global-font-lock-mode and font-lock-maximum-decoration true by default?

[Drew Adams]

> As the subject says, from which version of emacs was 
> global-font-lock-mode and font-lock-maximum-decoration true 
> by default?

I believe they are the default starting with Emacs 22.1.

Re: From which version of emacs was global-font-lock-mode and font-lock-maximum-decoration true by default?

[Johan Bockgård]

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>> As the subject says, from which version of emacs was 
>> global-font-lock-mode and font-lock-maximum-decoration true 
>> by default?
>
> I believe they are the default starting with Emacs 22.1.

Actually, font-lock-maximum-decoration has been true by default since
1997.

-- 
Johan Bockgård

Re: From which version of emacs was global-font-lock-mode and font-lock-maximum-decoration true by default?

[Kevin Rodgers]

Eric Lilja wrote:
> As the subject says, from which version of emacs was 
> global-font-lock-mode and font-lock-maximum-decoration true by default?

Don't know about maximum decoration, but:

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Subject: Emacs 22.1 released
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:17:24 -0400
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GNU Emacs 22.1 has been released.  It is available on the GNU ftp
sites at ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/ and its mirrors (see
http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html).

The MD5 check-sum is the following:

     6949df37caec2d7a2e0eee3f1b422726  emacs-22.1.tar.gz

Please send any bug reports to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org.  You can use the
function M-x report-emacs-bug to do this.

Here are some new features of Emacs 22.  See etc/NEWS for a complete
list.

    - Support for the GTK+ graphical toolkit

    - Drag-and-drop support on X.

    - Support for GNU/Linux systems on S390 and x86-64 machines,
      and for Mac OS X, and for Windows using Cygwin.

    - Full support for images, toolbar, and tooltips on
      MS-Windows, Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X builds.

    - Font Lock mode, Auto Compression mode, File Name Shadow
      Mode, and mouse wheel support are enabled by default.

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    - Links can be followed with `mouse-1', in addition to `mouse-2'.

    - Customizable window fringes.

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      the selected window's mode line and a distinct minibuffer
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    - Abbrev definitions are read automatically at startup.

    - The Kmacro package for managing keyboard macros.

    - Full graphical user interface to GDB.

    - New modes and packages, including Calc, Grep, TRAMP, URL, IDO,
      CUA, ERC, rcirc, Table, Image-Dired, SES, Ruler, Org, PGG,
      Flymake, Password, Printing, Reveal, wdired, t-mouse,
      longlines, savehist, Conf mode, Python mode, DNS mode, etc.

    - Leim, Emacs Lisp Reference Manual, and the Emacs Lisp Intro
      included.

You can help the FSF as well as yourself by ordering the Emacs Manual
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-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA

Re: From which version of emacs was global-font-lock-mode and font-lock-maximum-decoration true by default?

[Eric Lilja]

Eric Lilja wrote:
> As the subject says, from which version of emacs was 
> global-font-lock-mode and font-lock-maximum-decoration true by default?
[snip]

Thanks for your replies. I've just checked with the computer that is 
running emacs 21.1.4 and it turns out both global-font-lock-mode and 
font-lock-maximum-decoration are true by default. I was bit surprised by 
this because after reading the replies I was expecting 
global-font-lock-mode to be false by default and 
font-lock-maximum-decoration to be true by default on that particular 
version.
I moved my .emacs to a subdirectory that emacs doesn't look in before 
launching emacs and running these tests.
Oh well, it's good news because it means that my .emacs now is two lines
shorter. :)

- Eric

Re: From which version of emacs was global-font-lock-mode and font-lock-maximum-decoration true by default?

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 03.04.2008 um 12:25 schrieb Eric Lilja:
> I moved my .emacs to a subdirectory that emacs doesn't look in  
> before launching emacs and running these tests.

You should be able to use the command line options --no-init-file or - 
q ...

--
Greetings

   Pete

Be careful of reading health books, you might die of a misprint.
				– Mark Twain

Re: From which version of emacs was global-font-lock-mode and font-lock-maximum-decoration true by default?

[Eric Lilja]

Peter Dyballa wrote:
> 
> Am 03.04.2008 um 12:25 schrieb Eric Lilja:
>> I moved my .emacs to a subdirectory that emacs doesn't look in before 
>> launching emacs and running these tests.
> 
> You should be able to use the command line options --no-init-file or -q ...
> 

Doh, I only tried with -Q as I normally use on my own machines when I 
want a default environment for emacs but 21.1.4 says that -Q is an 
unknown option so I just moved the file. Oh well, it's not like I worked 
myself to death. :)
I guess -Q (which I read is a combination of -q and --no-site-file and 
--no-splash was added later, thanks.

> -- 
> Greetings
> 
>   Pete
> 

- Eric