Norbert Koch <n.koch(a)delta-ii.de&gt; writes in xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org: What version of libc does SuSE use? Let me take a wild guess and say Linux libc5 perhaps? Do you know how your X11 was compiled? The default XFree86 (and presumably also RedHat) compile options are not locale-friendly. When using GNU libc 2.0 I had to build X11 with -DX_LOCALE in order to get XIM to work. I have not tried rebuilding X11 since `upgrading' to the advertised more locale-friendly pre-2.1 since so many other things have broken. ... Speaking of localization ... Semi-off topic, but maybe not -- does XEmacs have to do anything special due to the changeover to the new Euro currency in a few days?