in reply to RE: Re: Perl mode for GNU Emacs
in thread Perl mode for GNU Emacs

hi, are u saying that I actually write this in a file called ".emacs" and something is supposed to happen? (global-font-lock-mode 1) (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.\\(pPLlm\\|xs\\|perl\\)$" . cperl-mode)) Can u elaborate any? P

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RE: RE: RE: Re: Perl mode for GNU Emacs
by 3pound (Novice) on Mar 07, 2000 at 13:33 UTC
    Yes. Chances are you may already have a ~/.emacs file. But if you don't, create it .. then try to open something with one of those extensions (.pl, .perl, .pm, .xs .. etc)