Kyle> Hrvoje Niksic writes: Kyle> I think that was the polite, understated moan of a man being Kyle> painfully stretched on the rack. :) A *man*? Kyle> Why is init-file-user and -u such a big furball? Both are Kyle> atavisms from teh dark ages, Well, sure, and they're causing problems *now*. Follow this thread upwards and you'll find that there are a number of *bugs* associated with them. Real bugs affecting real people. Kyle> and the docstring specifically Kyle> mentions .emacs so there's no reason it _has_ to work with Kyle> .xemacs, PACKAGEPATH and all that. Why can't it just be left Kyle> alone, working imperfectly, just it does now? 1. Because some of the code assumes it works with .xemacs. 2. Because the purpose of -u is apparently so I can say "run with this user's setup". Joe User would rightfully expect that this will mean both .emacs and .xemacs. -- Cheers =8-} Chipsy Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla