You wrote: > It does not modify the .emacs, even it claims to do so in the minibuffer.
That's not surprising, given that syntax highlighting is apparently already on: > '(global-font-lock-mode t nil (font-lock)) -- configuration not saved when selecting Options->Save Options https://launchpad.net/bugs/53622 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs