Chris> You might want to check the size of your customization file after typing Chris> C-g. That same thing has happened to me, and it turned out that my Chris> customization file shrunk by a significant percentage. YMMV. Yes, I found out later that it was actually corrupted with several partial versions of my faces. Fortunately, I didn't lose my customizations because I had other xemacs processes running. But still, it doesn't always use up 100% CPU. I don't know why. Ray