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I wrote:
> I had previously tried (global-font-lock-mode nil), which did
> not have the desired effect.  It never occurred to me to use -1.

Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:
> Did it occur to you to read the function's doc string with `C-h f'?

I thought I had done that, but apparently not.  I must have found mention
of the function elsewhere.

So either nil is positive (which seems somewhat unlikely), or the
documentation for the function is incorrect.