I've finally cracked, I've had it with skip-syntax-backwards crashes on gnu.emacs.xemacs. Polite (for once) patch attached. Recommended for every version of XEmacs in the universe. 1999-11-05 Robert Pluim <rpluim(a)bigfoot.com&gt; * emacs.c (shut_down_emacs): Point users to PROBLEMS file Index: emacs.c =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/CVSroot/XEmacs/xemacs/src/emacs.c,v retrieving revision 1.92 diff -u -w -u -r1.92 emacs.c --- emacs.c 1999/11/02 04:17:14 1.92 +++ emacs.c 1999/11/05 17:20:06 ＠＠ -2262,12 +2262,16 ＠＠ ("Your files have been auto-saved.\n" "Use `M-x recover-session' to recover them.\n" "\n" + "If you have access to the PROBLEMS file that came with your\n" + "version of XEmacs, please check to see if your crash is described\n" + "there, as there may be a workaround available.\n" #ifdef INFODOCK - "Please report this bug by selecting `Report-Bug' in the InfoDock\n" - "menu.\n" + "Otherwise, please report this bug by selecting `Report-Bug'\n" + "in the InfoDock menu.\n" #else - "Please report this bug by running the send-pr script included\n" - "with XEmacs, or selecting `Send Bug Report' from the help menu.\n" + "Otherwise, please report this bug by running the send-pr\n" + "script included with XEmacs, or selecting `Send Bug Report'\n" + "from the help menu.\n" "As a last resort send ordinary email to `crashes(a)xemacs.org&#39;.\n&quot; #endif "*MAKE SURE* to include the information in the command\n" -- The above are my opinions, and my opinions only.