=========================================================================== $NetBSD: MESSAGE,v 1.1 2014/04/20 19:05:08 wiz Exp $ You will need to add something like the following to your .emacs file to autoload the mode for Emacs. (require 'rainbow-delimiters) To use only with specific modes, add lines like the following: (add-hook 'clojure-mode-hook 'rainbow-delimiters-mode) To enable in all programming-related modes (Emacs 24+): (add-hook 'prog-mode-hook 'rainbow-delimiters-mode) To use Emacs-wide, add this line: (global-rainbow-delimiters-mode) ===========================================================================