APA> Handling of user-init-* is an open issue which was discussed starting at APA> http://www.xemacs.org/list-archives/xemacs-beta/9908/msg00772.html Michael> What's open about it? There was design, discussion, redesign, Michael> implementation, and agreement, and so far, noone has complained. APA> I missed the redesign, implementation, and agreement part. ** New command-line switches -user-init-file and -user-init-directory. These can be used to specify alternate locations for what is normally ~/.emacs and ~/.xemacs. Moreover, -user <user> (which used to only work in unpredictable ways) is now equivalent to -user-init-file ~<user>/.emacs -user-init-directory ~<user>/.xemacs. APA> Are you suggesting APA> xemacs -u aichner APA> works for you in 21.2-b20? As far as such a thing can work given the design constraints, yes. A couple of people (Jan, notably) who depend on it also approved the fixes. -- Cheers =8-} Chipsy Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla