Your bug report #21871: Emacs Lisp Mode (at least): spurious parens in column 0 don't get bold red highlighting. which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 21871@debbugs.gnu.org. -- 21871: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=21871 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems