;; Turn on the line number and column number indicators.
;;
(setq line-number-mode t)
(setq column-number-mode t)

;; This next bit is awful.  It's because XEmacs and classic gnu-emacs
;; use two different syntaxes for the same thing.  The net effect is
;; it turns on syntax highlighting for all future buffers.

(if (fboundp 'global-font-lock-mode)
    (global-font-lock-mode 1)        ; GNU Emacs
  (setq font-lock-auto-fontify t))   ; XEmacs

;; Now turn on syntax highlighting for our first buffer
;;
(font-lock-mode 1)