Which version of XEmacs are you refering to? I have verified the whole xemacs.texi, which includes packages.texi, under emacs-version "21.0 \"Benadir\" XEmacs Lucid" (21.0-b50). In xemacs.texi I used C-u M-x texinfo-format-buffer M-x Info-tagify M-x Info-validate And here is what I got: Formatting Info file... Formatting Info file: ../../info/xemacs.info Converting xemacs.texi to Info format... Removing trailing whitespace from Info buffer... Reading included file: /export/home/tmp/xemacs-21.0-b50/man/xemacs/frame.texi <lines deleted by Adrian> Reading included file: /export/home/tmp/xemacs-21.0-b50/man/xemacs/gnu.texi Formatting: GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE ... <lines deleted by Adrian> Formatting: Concept Index ... Formatting Info file...done. Now save it. Tagifying xemacs.info ... Tagifying xemacs.info ... done Wrote /export/home/tmp/xemacs-21.0-b50/info/xemacs.info File appears valid Adrian Gunnar> 'make xemacs.dvi' fails in packages.texi Gunnar> [187] [188] [189] [190] [191] [192] [193] [194] [195] Gunnar> ! Missing number, treated as zero. Gunnar> <to be read again> Gunnar> } Gunnar> ＠emph #1->{＠sl #1} Gunnar> ＠futurelet ＠next ＠smartitalicx Gunnar> ＠item ...t ＠hbox to 0pt{＠hss ＠itemcontents ＠hskip Gunnar> ＠itemmargin }＠vadjust {＠pe... Gunnar> l.13939 ＠item Gunnar> Regular Packages Gunnar> ? Gunnar> ! Emergency stop. Gunnar> The cause is at packages.texi:19 Gunnar> ＠itemize ＠emph Gunnar> This should be something like ＠itemize ＠bullet, I think. Gunnar> -- Gunnar> Gunnar Evermann Gunnar> Natural Language Systems Group, University of Hamburg Gunnar> EMail: Gunnar.Evermann(a)nats.informatik.uni-hamburg.de -- Adrian Aichner Applications Engineer Teradyne GmbH Semiconductor Test Group Telephone +49/89/41861(0)-208 Dingolfinger Strasse 2 Fax +49/89/41861-217 D-81673 MUENCHEN E-mail aichner(a)ecf.teradyne.com