For the benefit of others, the function in question is... (defun string-to-char-list (str) (mapcar 'identity str)) |--==> "SJT" == Stephen J Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; writes: SJT> VETO SJT> This is a perfectly good generic function. Please don't put it in SJT> ./lisp/mule. The only reason I put it in ./lisp/mule is because that's where it was originally (it used to be in 'mule-misc.el'). I can move it somewhere else without any problems. Can anyone suggest a place for it? It doesn't need to be hidden away from the prying eyes of inquisitive users, so I don't want to put it in obsolete.el. -- |---<Steve Youngs>---------------<GnuPG KeyID: 10D5C9C5>---| | XEmacs - It's not just an editor. | | It's a way of life. | |------------------------------------&lt;youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt;---|