Patch to paper over this problem follows.&nbsp; I suspect that &#39;copy-syntax-table&#39; is actually at fault, but with this at least the test in <a href="http://mid.gmane.org/cp7323$qm7$1%40sea.gmane.org">http://mid.gmane.org/cp7323$qm7$1%40sea.gmane.org
</a> works.<br><br>Robert<br><br><br>Index: subr.el<br>===================================================================<br>RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/xemacs/lisp/subr.el,v<br>retrieving revision 1.39<br>diff -u -
r1.39 subr.el<br>--- subr.el&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2006/08/11 01:30:23&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1.39<br>+++ subr.el&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2007/03/13 09:03:05<br>@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (,old-buffer (current-buffer)))<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (unwind-protect<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (progn<br>-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (set-syntax-table (copy-syntax-table ,table))
<br>+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (set-syntax-table ,table)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ,@body)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;(save-current-buffer<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (set-buffer ,old-buffer)<br><br>