Hans> I use meta-q a lot. emacs, but not xemacs, understands that Hans> <p> in html-mode Michael> you're having/not having a problem with. I also don't Michael> have a clue what you mean by "understand". Perhaps paragraph-start and paragraph-separate are ill defined for the HTML mode Hans refers to. Now which mode was that again, Hans? ;-> Hans, while in the buffer, please do this: M-x describe-mode Regards, Adrian C-h m (describe-mode) Michael> -- Michael> Cheers =8-} Chipsy Michael> Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla