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Subject: Re: How to *completely* disable font-lock mode in my .emacs?
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I wrote:
> I've tried in vain to figure out what I can put in my .emacs that
> will prevent font lock mode from ever being used.

Henrik Enberg <henrik.enberg@telia.com> writes:
> (global-font-lock-mode -1)

I'm not sure what was turning font-lock-mode on, but this has taken care
of it.  I had previously tried (global-font-lock-mode nil), which did
not have the desired effect.  It never occurred to me to use -1.

Thanks!
Eric