Per Abrahamsen writes: Per> You can for example use the command `customize-save-variable' to set and Per> save a variable, without ever entering the customize buffer. Per> Or you can use `customize-set-variable' to set options (without entering Per> a customize buffer), and then later `customize-save-customized' to save Per> them later. Both commands can be called from Lisp to build other user Per> interfaces. I believe the XEmacs Options menu does exactly that. Hmmm, funny I wrote it and forgot the functions existed. Maybe the interface, notably the names, should be made a bit more intuitive. Since Custom is the primary method for declaring and saving options, maybe set-variable should act like a custom function, and then we would add something like `set-variable-temporarily' or something. -- / / _ _ Didier Verna http://www.inf.enst.fr/~verna/ - / / - / / /_/ / E.N.S.T. INF C201.1 mailto:verna＠inf.enst.fr /_/ / /_/ / /__ / 46 rue Barrault Tel. (33) 01 45 81 73 46 75634 Paris cedex 13 Fax. (33) 01 45 81 31 19