Re: syntax highlighting isn't working

Adhamh Findlay <jdee <at> adhamh.com> writes:

> If I open a *.java file the sytax is not hightlighted, but if I do M-x
> font-lock-mode the syntax is suddenly highlighted.  I don't have to do
> this for my .emacs or html files though.  My .emacs file is available for
> inspection at http://adhamh.com/emacs.jdee.

Hi there,

this sounds like you're lacking a file association for Java files. I have a 
long list like this (excerpt):

(setq auto-mode-alist 
      '(
        ("\\.bashrc\\'" . sh-mode) 
        ("\\.bib\\'" . bibtex-mode)
        ("\\.java\\'" . jde-mode)))

-Torstein