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emacs: minor mode font-mode-lock not on by default?!

Hi all,

I'm very new to emacs. I'd like to have syntax highlighting. This seems to be related to the minor mode font-mode-lock. The emacs manual says its on by default. I've also added

Code:

(font-lock-mode 1)

to my ~/.emacs file, yet there is no syntax highlighting when i open files in emacs. If, after opening a file, i do

Code:

M-x font-lock-mode

then I get syntax highlighting.

Perhaps some thing else i'm loading is turning this off? Not sure.

my ~/.emacs --

Code:

(modify-frame-parameters nil '((wait-for-wm . nil)))

;;(require 'color-theme)

;;(color-theme-arjen)

(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.js\\'" . javascript-mode))

(autoload 'javascript-mode "javascript" nil t)

(set-default-font "-adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--18-180-75-75-m-110-iso8859-1")

(font-lock-mode 1)

Try

Code:

(global-font-lock-mode 1)

I think it depends on the version of emacs you're running too. Old versions weren't on by default +distro settings.
If the above doesn't work, you can check font-lock-mode's status by evaluating

Code:

font-lock-mode

(type that in a new line inside any buffer, and press C-x C-e before the line break)
It should return either "t" (as in true) or nil (false).

w00t! yes global-font-lock-mode, not font-lock-mode. Thanks!