karlheg(a)inetarena.com (Karl M. Hegbloom) writes: You may find this function useful for that purpose: ;; Yeah! We have indirect buffers! (defun indirectize-buffer () (interactive) (let* ((buf (make-indirect-buffer (current-buffer) (generate-new-buffer-name "*indirect*"))) (extent (make-extent (point-min) (point-max) buf))) (put extent 'end-closed t) (set-extent-keymap extent (make-sparse-keymap)) (define-key (extent-keymap extent) "\C-c\C-c" 'kill-this-buffer) (when (region-active-p) (narrow-to-region (region-beginning) (region-end) buf)) (switch-to-buffer buf)) (emacs-lisp-mode) (font-lock-mode 1)) (global-set-key "\C-ci" 'indirectize-buffer) Mark the region and press `C-c i'. -- Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr&gt; | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia --------------------------------+-------------------------------- Those who like sausages, laws, and standards are well advised not to learn how they are made.