font-lock-auto-fontify?
Andy Piper writes:
This variable is set to t indicating to me that buffers should be
syntax
highlighted by default. However, because font-lock is not loaded by default
this has no effect. I personally believe font-lock should be loaded by
default so that this variable does have an effect.
This sounds completely contrary to current policy. The variable's
value should default to nil so that merely loading font-lock won't
cause font-lock to attack all your buffers.