Here is an updated version of my package customize patch. This version creates package-get-custom.el on the fly when you access the custom menu if you don't already have it. custom-load.el is only affected in that package-get.el contains a defgroup so that it gets loaded when you customize. custom-load.el needs to be regenerated. andy 1998-05-19 Andy Piper <andyp(a)parallax.co.uk&gt; * package-get.el (package-get-create-custom): new function to auto-generate package-get-custom.el from package-get-base.el. * (package-get-ever-installedp): new function. * (package-get-custom): new function to get all packages specified by customize. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- " .sigs are like your face - rarely seen by you and uglier than you think" Dr Andy Piper, Technical Architect, Parallax Solutions Ltd mail: andyp(a)parallax.co.uk web: www.parallax.co.uk/~andyp