From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim Johnson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: No syntax highlighting in python mode Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 19:42:14 -0500 Organization: AkWebsoft Message-ID: References: <44hbmfldaq.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Reply-To: tim@johnsons-web.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1291826048 13940 80.91.229.12 (8 Dec 2010 16:34:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 16:34:08 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 08 17:34:04 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PQMxs-0001Jc-Ta for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:34:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39045 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PQMxs-0000gA-45 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:34:00 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news2.google.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.supernews.com!news.supernews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 19:42:13 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (Linux) Original-Lines: 30 Original-X-Trace: sv3-2wHFkfYfD29VSaeOuQWZW2qXKuFmb3xitHhXe4dVRYzOSAiaUyKJuVdF3qT6s8fKoQ29rGyMtXLQnmV!HjUSGFO3AhwABYa5UmiE0qHoIbjUeCRxCdOvgqIUzO5uvL8xcsn7Gn4oSMtM2ftu/HvB3No= Original-X-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/abuse.html X-DMCA-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:178117 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:75619 Archived-At: On 2010-05-10, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >> Hmm! See >> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/PythonMode >> where it says: >> """ >> Emacs post version 21 has its own python mode (python.el). This is >> enabled by default for .py files so you don?t have to add anything to >> your InitFile to use it. >> """ >> I believe the statement above is incorrect. I had to use the >> require form - I.E. (require 'python) to activate the syntax >> highlighting. > > I can't reproduce that. In fact: > > emacs -q /usr/share/yum-cli/yumcommands.py > > gives me python-mode *with* syntax color. > [Also on 23.1.1] Then I withdraw this statement: >> I believe the statement above is incorrect. I had to use the My problem may be from a side effect of something else in my .emacs or other configuration. -- Tim tim at johnsons-web.com or akwebsoft.com http://www.akwebsoft.com