Re: cannot activate font-lock-mode

[Stefan Monnier]

>>> I had this in my local variables section:
>> 
>>> mode: font-lock
>>> font-lock-keywords: ("^\\S-.*:$")
>> 
>>> which worked in Emacs 21, but does not work any more in Emacs 22.  I
>>> solved the problem by writing instead:
>> 
>>> mode: font-lock
>>> font-lock-defaults: (("^\\S-.*:$"))
>> 
>> I must say that I don't know why this has changed.
>> Does the patch below fix your problem?

> No, nothing changed.  If I use font-lock-keywords I get the message:
>  "Toggling font-lock-mode off; better pass an explicit argument."

That looks correct: since font-lock is now enabled by default your "mode:
font-lock" might very well end up turning the mode OFF, and this is what the
message tells you.


        Stefan