Alastair, I'm insane and therefore build XEmacs using a C++ compiler. Lisp_Object (*selection_exists_p_method)(Lisp_Object selection_name, Lisp_Object selection_type); /project/xemacs/ws/dev/src/gpmevent.c: In function `void hook_console_methods_once()': /project/xemacs/ws/dev/src/gpmevent.c:482: assignment to `Lisp_Object (*)(Lisp_Object, Lisp_Object)' from `Lisp_Object (*)(Lisp_Object)' Inspection reveals that: (martin＠lasker) ~cdx/ws/dev/src $ g _selection_exists_p *.c ./gpmevent.c:312:tty_selection_exists_p (Lisp_Object selection) ./select-msw.c:548:mswindows_selection_exists_p (Lisp_Object selection, ./select-x.c:1473:x_selection_exists_p (Lisp_Object selection, The tty selection method has only one argument, the others two. Seems like a bug to me. Martin