Do others see this: Evaluate the following two functions and then `M-x mmc-test RET'. You should be in buffer "mmc-test-buffer". Move the cursor up one line repeatedly until you reach the beginning of the buffer (up arrow, or `C-p'). Why does the cursor disappear on lines 4 and 2? The cursor remains visible on the way down the buffer? I've tried this with 21.2.b18 also, with the same results. I don't know about the 21.1 series, but the cursor remains visible at all times under FSF Emacs. `redisplay' ? Perhaps minor aesthetics, but you know what it's like when you've started with something :-). (defun mmc-hide-lines () "*Hide all but `Line: nn' lines in the current buffer." (interactive) (make-local-variable 'line-move-ignore-invisible) (setq line-move-ignore-invisible 't) ;ignore invisible lines (make-local-variable 'hide-extents) (setq hide-extents nil) (save-excursion (goto-char (point-min)) (let (beg end) (re-search-forward "^Line: [0-9]?[0-9]\n" nil t) (setq beg (match-end 0)) (while (re-search-forward "^Line: [0-9]?[0-9]\n" nil t) (setq end (match-beginning 0)) (push (cons beg end) hide-extents) (setq beg (match-end 0))) (setq end (point-max)) (push (cons beg end) hide-extents) (setq hide-extents (nreverse hide-extents)) (mapcar '(lambda (extent) (put-text-property (car extent) (cdr extent) 'invisible 't)) hide-extents)))) (defun mmc-test () (interactive) (require 'cl) (let ((test-data (concat "Line: 1\n" "Some intervening text.\n" "Line: 2\n" "Some intervening text.\n" "Line: 3\n" "Some intervening text.\n" "Line: 4\n" "Some intervening text.\n" "Line: 5\n" "Some intervening text.\n" ))) (switch-to-buffer "mmc-test-buffer") (insert test-data) (mmc-hide-lines))) -- Mike <mike(a)lotusland.demon.co.uk&gt;