Hello again and thanks for the replies. Well after wasting much time (yours and mine) on this, I found a byte-compiled .emacs file in my home directory. I don't remember creating one, but I vaguely remember a package asking about compiling configuration files. So, all my editing was not being loaded. Sorry for the wasted bandwidth. Brian Flaherty -- /"\ \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN X AGAINST HTML MAIL / \