Fix some tutorials wrt `global-font-lock-mode' and `auto-mode-alist'

Thanks to Gijs Hillenius for reporting this.

diff --git a/org-configs/org-customization-guide.org b/org-configs/org-customization-guide.org
index 8ff6a67..f21aedf 100644 (file)
--- a/org-configs/org-customization-guide.org
+++ b/org-configs/org-customization-guide.org
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ assignments.
   (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org\\'" . org-mode))
   (global-set-key "\C-cl" 'org-store-link)
   (global-set-key "\C-ca" 'org-agenda)
-  (global-font-lock-mode 1)
+  ;; (global-font-lock-mode 1)  Not needed in recent emacsen
 #+end_src
 
 ** Five small steps toward a personalized system

diff --git a/org-tutorials/org4beginners.org b/org-tutorials/org4beginners.org
index dbe0c95..9e5f39a 100644 (file)
--- a/org-tutorials/org4beginners.org
+++ b/org-tutorials/org4beginners.org
@@ -114,18 +114,18 @@ MY PROJECT -*- mode: org -*-
 #+BEGIN_SRC elisp
 ;; -*- mode: elisp -*-
 
-;;disable the splash screen (to enable it agin, replace the t with 0)
+;; Disable the splash screen (to enable it agin, replace the t with 0)
 (setq inhibit-splash-screen t)
 
-;;enable syntax highlighting
-(global-font-lock-mode t)
+;; Enable transient mark mode
 (transient-mark-mode 1)
 
 ;;;;org-mode configuration
-;;enable org-mode
+;; Enable org-mode
 (require 'org)
-;;make org-mode work with files ending in .org
-(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org$" . org-mode))
+;; Make org-mode work with files ending in .org
+;; (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.org$" . org-mode))
+;; The above is the default in recent emacsen
 #+END_SRC
 
   Restart Emacs.