;; turn on font-lock mode
(global-font-lock-mode t)

;; enable visual feedback on selections
;(setq transient-mark-mode t)


;; Set the default font; PTD 160709
;; PTD: run xlsfonts, to list available fonts; run xfontsel, to see what 
;; a given font looks like 
(set-default-font "-adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--18-180-75-75-m-110-iso8859-1")
;;(set-default-font  "-adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--18-180-75-75-m-110-iso8859-1")
;;(set-default-font "-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--18-180-75-75-c-90-iso8859-1")
;;(set-default-font "-misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--18-180-75-75-c-90-iso8859-1")