Jerry Thanks - I realized, too, that we had RHEL5, so I downloaded all the corresponding Xemacs packages xemacs-21.5.29-12.el5.1.x86_64.rpm xemacs-common-21.5.29-12.el5.1.x86_64.rpm xemacs-devel-21.5.29-12.el5.1.x86_64.rpm xemacs-el-21.5.29-12.el5.1.x86_64.rpm xemacs-info-21.5.29-12.el5.1.x86_64.rpm xemacs-nox-21.5.29-12.el5.1.x86_64.rpm xemacs-packages-base-20090217-4.el5.noarch.rpm xemacs-packages-base-el-20090217-4.el5.noarch.rpm xemacs-packages-extra-info-20090217-7.el5.noarch.rpm xemacs-packages-extra-20090217-7.el5.noarch.rpm xemacs-packages-extra-el-20090217-7.el5.noarch.rpm And installed them all. Got a couple of warnings rpm -Uvh /tools/local/download/rpm/xemacs-*.rpm**** warning: /tools/local/download/rpm/xemacs-21.5.29-12.el5.1.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 217521f6**** Preparing... ########################################### [100%]**** 1:xemacs-info ########################################### [ 9%]**** 2:xemacs-packages-base ########################################### [ 18%]**** 3:xemacs-packages-base-el########################################### [ 27%]**** 4:xemacs ########################################### [ 36%]**** 5:xemacs-common ########################################### [ 45%]**** warning: created as /usr/share/xemacs/site-packages/lisp/default.el.rpmnew* *** warning: /usr/share/xemacs/site-packages/lisp/site-start.el created as /usr/share/xemacs/site-packages/lisp/site-start.el.rpmnew**** 6:xemacs-packages-extra ########################################### [ 55%]**** 7:xemacs-devel ########################################### [ 64%]**** 8:xemacs-el ########################################### [ 73%]**** 9:xemacs-nox ########################################### [ 82%]**** 10:xemacs-packages-extra-e########################################### [ 91%]**** 11:xemacs-packages-extra-i########################################### [100%]**** Then I moved default.el.rpmnew and site-start.el.rpmnew to default.el and site-start.el respectively. Now, xemacs works, however, the all important script that I want - need - to run, namely "hide-lines.el" (http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/hide-lines.el) does not run as expected. C-c h (and M-x hide-lines) throws up Syntax error: Invalid 'interactive' control letter "M" (#o115) Totally unsure what that means. My previous installation of xemacs said it couldn't find function "add-to-invisibility-spec". So there's some progress, I think. Meanwhile, this particular script (hide-lines) runs well on standard emacs. Is there a difference between emacs and xemacs scripts? Is there an alternative script for xemacs? I realize this is beyond xemacs installation specifically, but hoping you can help anyway. Any help sincerely appreciated. Thanks Ravindra On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 7:03 AM, Jerry James <james(a)xemacs.org&gt; wrote: _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://lists.xemacs.org/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta