gnuserv-running-p doesn't really implement what its documentation says it does. If the process was started, but has since died, it probably still returns non-nil. (defun gnuserv-running-p () "Return non-nil if a gnuserv process is running from this XEmacs session." (and (not (not gnuserv-process)) (eq (process-status gnuserv-process) 'run))) By the way, is the (not (not gnuserv-process)) really necessary in the existing version. I guess this makes the function return t instead of a process-handle, but the documentation only says it returns non-nil... [By the way, sorry I'm not on the list, so please copy me on replies...] peace & happiness, martin