Gunnar Evermann wrote: Nonetheless, I *am* still seeing this behaviour. Perhaps it is a bizarre artefact of the particular setup of my system, but, unless there is something grievously wrong in the way I have configured XEmacs, it is likely to happen to at least some other users over time. I would appreciate any suggestions as to how I can proceed in isolating this. `Installation' is attached. Peter uname -a: Linux localhost 2.2.12-20 #7 Thu Mar 23 11:59:35 EST 2000 i586 unknown ./configure '--cflags=-g -O3' '--dynamic' '--debug' '--error-checking=none' '--with-mule' '--with-png=yes' XEmacs 21.2-b32 "Kastor & Polydeukes" configured for `i586-pc-linux'. Compilation / Installation: Source code location: /usr/local/src/xemacs/xemacs-21.2 Installation prefix: /usr/local Operating system description file: `s/linux.h' Machine description file: `m/intel386.h' Compiler: gcc -g -O3 Relocating allocator for buffers: no GNU version of malloc: yes - Using Doug Lea's new malloc from the GNU C Library. Window System: Compiling in support for the X window system: - X Windows headers location: /usr/X11/include - X Windows libraries location: /usr/X11/lib - Handling WM_COMMAND properly. Compiling in support for the Athena widget set: - Athena headers location: X11/Xaw - Athena library to link: Xaw Using Lucid menubars. Using Lucid scrollbars. Using Motif dialog boxes. Using Motif native widgets. TTY: Compiling in support for ncurses. Compiling in support for GPM (General Purpose Mouse). Images: Compiling in support for GIF images (builtin). Compiling in support for XPM images. Compiling in support for PNG images. Compiling in support for JPEG images. Compiling in support for TIFF images. Compiling in support for X-Face message headers. Sound: Compiling in support for sound (native). Databases: Compiling in support for Berkeley database. Compiling in support for GNU DBM. Internationalization: Compiling in support for Mule (multi-lingual Emacs). Compiling in support for XIM (X11R5+ I18N input method). - Using raw Xlib to provide XIM support. Mail: Compiling in support for "dot-locking" mail spool file locking method. Other Features: Compiling in support for dynamic shared object modules. Clash detection will use "${statedir}/${inststaticdir}/lock" for locking files. Compiling in support for extra debugging code.