Re: Is there an emacs bash script mode / colouring?

[Colin S. Miller]

Eric B. wrote:
> "Colin S. Miller" <no-spam-thank-you@csmiller.demon.co.uk> wrote in message 
> news:4ab1111e$0$285$14726298@news.sunsite.dk...
> > Eric,
> >
> > Does
> > M-x font-lock-mode
> > or
> > M-x font-lock-fontify-buffer
> > help?
>
> Aha - both seem to work like a charm.  Thanks for the tip.
>
> > Is the mode-line "(Shell-script [bash])" or "(Shell-script Font[bash]") ?
>
> My mode-line is Shell-script[bash].  How do I change that to Font[bash]?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eric
Ah.
emacs doesn't indicate if the font-lock minor mode is enabled;
Xemacs does.

Use
M-x font-lock-mode
as this enables fontifcation for all edits (until it is toggle off
by repeating M-x font-lock-mode)

M-x font-lock-fontify-buffer
does a one-off fontification - it is only useful if fontify gets confused,
which is normally caused by editing the start marker of a multi-line
block of text (a comment, string etc).

HTH,
Colin S. Miller

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