What about running emacs -Q and then opening the org file. Does the syntax highlighting work then?
Dominick Samperi <djsamp...@gmail.com> writes: > Changing the suffix to .org does not help. Still the first file opened > does not colorize. > I first observed this problem about six months ago (and have been > using a function > key to fix with 'org-mode-restart). > > The problem does not appear on a new desktop, running > the same version of Emacs, same version of org-mode, and same .emacs.d. > > The only notable difference between the new machine and the older machines > where the problem occurs is that the newer machine has an solid state drive, > whereas the other machines have conventional hard drives. > > On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 8:51 PM Samuel Wales <samolog...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> what if .org? >> >> On 4/30/21, Dominick Samperi <djsamp...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > The first org mode file opened (.txt suffix) is not colorized. To force >> > colorize I use 'org-mode-restart. Subsequently opened txt files are >> > properly colorized. This happens under Windows 10 using Emacs 27.1 and >> > 27.2, and org-mode 9.3.7 and 9.4.5. There are no problems under Ubuntu >> > Linux. >> > >> > Oddly, the problem does not appear on my new desktop (Lenovo). It >> > happens on my ASUS laptop. I'm using the same version of org-mode and >> > Emacs on both machines. >> > >> > I copied .emacs.d from the desktop to the laptop >> > to be sure the environments are the same, and I installed Emacs 27.1 >> > and 27.2 on the laptop. The colorize problem occurs on the laptop no >> > matter the environment. It also occurred with my old desktop. >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> The Kafka Pandemic >> >> Please learn what misopathy is. >> https://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com/2013/10/why-some-diseases-are-wronged.html -- Tim Cross
