xemacs

emacs c++ indentation and color highlighting

I am not getting indentation or colors when I open a cpp/h file with my emacs/xemacs installation on windows. Could you please advise what I need to do in my settings file to make this happen? Thanks ...

Simplest Emacs syntax highlighting tutorial?

I would like to create only a syntax highlighting minor mode for Emacs. I have the "Writing GNU Emacs Extensions" by O'Reilly, but it does not go into any depth of detail. Is there a simple tutorial for a real or fake programming language highlighting mode? Thank you ...

How to make parenthesis matching work in XEmacs?

I tried using all options in the menu setting Options|Display|Paren Highlighting, but nothing works - no parenthesis match is performed. I also tried setting explicitly (paren-mode 'blink-paren t) in my init file, but that did not help either. Any ideas what may be happening and how do I fix it? Thanks. ...