Well, I don't get it, but I finally managed to build an auto-autoloads.el file which included the autoload from xpm-button.el. I checked in that auto-autoload.el file. As you saw from the build bot message, 21.1.8 is in the process of being released. - vin Vin> I believe the build scripts take care of rebuilding the autoloads. Vin> Just now I ran 'make autoloads', but it didn't change anything. Vin> ...and there is no mention of the string 'xpm' in any of the Vin> lisp/auto* files. Vin> OK. I built up a 21.1.7 without any packages, and xpm-button-create Vin> does not get defined until I load-library xpm-button. Vin> These lines appear in xpm-button.el: Vin> ;;;###autoload Vin> (defun xpm-button-create (text shadow-thickness fg-color bg-color) Vin> Meanwhile, in my package-less XEmacs, I can still use the toolbar (at Vin> least to cut text). What was the bug that I was trying to address by Vin> copying xpm-button.el to the lisp directory? Vin> I don't get it. Help! Vin> - vin Jan> Vin Shelton <acs(a)xemacs.org&gt; writes: Jan> Did you rebuild the autoloads? Jan> Jan