Re: No highlighting in the .emacs file

[B. T. Raven]

saneman wrote:
> I have just installed emacs through synaptic on Kubuntu 7.10. When I 
> open and edit my .emacs fil there are no colors or highlighting. When I 
> last used emacs both my .emacs file and my C files (.c) was 
> automatically highlighted. Is there some module I need to install?


Go to menu: options: Customize Emacs: Specific Options: Font Lock Global 
Modes

and then set Value to all.

and/or :Global Font Lock Mode

and then set Value to on

This should have been the default setting. Maybe something in your 
.emacs has turned it off.

Ed