There is a question about this in the NTEmacs FAQ I don't know if this is your problem though What do I do about the "No match 2 in highlight..." error I get from sh-script.el? Apparently the sh-script package isn't finding the shell program correctly. Peter Breton <pbreton(a)i-kinetics.com&gt; says that adding a call to sh-set-shell in sh-mode-hook will fix the problem: (add-hook 'sh-mode-hook (defun my-sh-mode-hook-set-shell () ;; Use whatever shell is most appropriate -- it doesn't matter ;; if the actual /bin/ksh file exists on the system or not (sh-set-shell "/bin/ksh"))) --- Ian -----Original Message----- From: Andy Piper [mailto:andyp＠parallax.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 9:47 AM To: xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org Subject: font-lock and shell scripts I get fon't lock errors when editing shell scripts - does anyone else see this? andy