The magic line in .emacs is (global-font-lock-mode 0) ;; google for "disable color crap"
If I comment out this line, then the problem goes away. But this is no real help. I do not see why Perl programs have to be checkered to make indentation work. Regards Harri -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org