mb> How do people feel about this more comprehensible user mb> interface: mb> --with-nas-sound=yes|no (default autodetect) mb> --with-esd-sound=yes|no (default autodetect) mb> --with-native-sound=yes|no (default autodetect) Stephen> Bletch, but I could live with it. Stephen> I like the current format. But I would parse it as follows. Stephen> --with-sound takes an argument which is a comma-separated list. [snip] Stephen> Under this interpretation, Stephen> --with-sound=native,esd Stephen> gives the user what he expects, no matter what additional types of Stephen> sound we add. Specified as logic, it looks complex, but I think the Stephen> result is intuitive for the user. I like this method, it's pretty intuitive, and it's a lot less typing :-) I also like the auto option to include everything xemacs can find. Ray