Re: cannot activate font-lock-mode

[Richard Stallman]

    Do we want to give a recommendation at all?  I suggest simply keeping
    silent.  Setting font-lock-keywords in file-local variables is a
    hack---it's not documented in the Emacs manual, and it's not something
    we want to encourage users to do, due to security concerns.  Advanced
    users can search the web to find the workarounds discussed in this
    thread, or they can simply use hi-lock mode (which *is* documented in
    the Emacs manual).

ok.