Per> sperber(a)informatik.uni-tuebingen.de (Michael Sperber [Mr. Preprocessor]) writes: Per> It doesn't, but: Per> - Custom will tell the user that the variable has changed outside Per> customize when he tries to customize it. This may confuse the Per> user. Per> - When the user saves the variable, it will overwrite the value from Per> the startup code. Not add to it. This means he will be bound to a Per> specific location for the XEmacs distribution. Per> In general, my advice is to split such user options in two. One for Per> the standard (computed or large default) part, and one for the user Per> specified part. That's exactly the plan for all paths/directory lists for 21.2. -- Cheers =8-} Chipsy Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla