Syntax highlighting in Perl

[Peter Corlett]

On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 10:14:11AM -0500, Jonathan Rockway wrote:
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> If you're using a non-GUI emacs, do:
> M-x customize-apropos global-font-lock
> And then turn "global font lock mode" on.

... or stick this in your .emacs:

(global-font-lock-mode t)

> BTW, if you're not aware, M-x customize is an emacs user's best friend!

When I started using Emacs, customisation was haacking the .emacs :)