John H Palmieri <John.H.Palmieri.2(a)nd.edu&gt; writes: image-mode should really (require 'path-util). Then you would have noticed this more directly. IMHO apel is misusing the autoload feature. The theory would be that apel would have an provide 'path-util line so you could resolve the require 'path-util using that database. Currently XEmacs only does this for major modes and even there it doesn't really work yet (as provides lines for most packages are not complete). You cannot. Unfortunately. Jan