Aidan, I'm guessing it was one of your submissions that caused this failure: syntax.c e:\cygwin\usr\local\src\xemacs-21.5-2006-08-04\src\syntax.c(2494) : error C2664: 'define_standard_syntax' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'char [5]' to 'const unsigned char *' Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast e:\cygwin\usr\local\src\xemacs-21.5-2006-08-04\src\syntax.c(2499) : error C2664: 'define_standard_syntax' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'char [2]' to 'const unsigned char *' Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast e:\cygwin\usr\local\src\xemacs-21.5-2006-08-04\src\syntax.c(2500) : error C2664: 'define_standard_syntax' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'char [2]' to 'const unsigned char *' Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast e:\cygwin\usr\local\src\xemacs-21.5-2006-08-04\src\syntax.c(2501) : error C2664: 'define_standard_syntax' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'char [11]' to 'const unsigned char *' Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast e:\cygwin\usr\local\src\xemacs-21.5-2006-08-04\src\syntax.c(2502) : error C2664: 'define_standard_syntax' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'char [13]' to 'const unsigned char *' Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast e:\cygwin\usr\local\src\xemacs-21.5-2006-08-04\src\syntax.c(2504) : error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'char [7]' to 'const unsigned char *' Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast e:\cygwin\usr\local\src\xemacs-21.5-2006-08-04\src\syntax.c(2520) : error C2664: 'define_standard_syntax' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'char [3]' to 'const unsigned char *' Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast e:\cygwin\usr\local\src\xemacs-21.5-2006-08-04\src\syntax.c(2524) : error C2664: 'define_standard_syntax' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'char [4]' to 'const unsigned char *' Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast NMAKE: fatal error U1077: 'cl' : return code '0x2' Stop. Thanks for fixing this. - Vin -- Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting-- over and over announcing your place in the family of things. Mary Oliver