Hi, xemacs --vanilla C-x C-f qq.c In the qq.c buffer (in C mode), type in the following: ---------------- cut here ---------------- main () { a = 1;/// ---------------- cut here ---------------- Note the 3 slashes. After the last slash, press ENTER. Then press TAB to go to the correct indentation level - oops, instead of going to the position under 'a', caret stops under = (that is with the default indentaion of 2 - so it indents twice instead of once). Removing one of the slashes "fixes" the problem. XEmacs 21.2 (beta44) "Thalia" [Lucid] (i686-pc-cygwin) of Mon Feb 19 2001 on LUCY (the version is from Feb 19 cvs). Thanks. -- Cheers, -Dima.