SL Baur <steve(a)xemacs.org&gt; writes: Does this patch fix the problem for you? 1998-10-19 Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr&gt; * isearch-mode.el (isearch-mode): Set the current minor mode maps and the current local map as the parents to isearch-mode-map. --- lisp/isearch-mode.el.orig Mon Oct 19 01:30:17 1998 +++ lisp/isearch-mode.el Mon Oct 19 01:32:43 1998 ＠＠ -466,6 +466,9 ＠＠ isearch-mode (gettext " Isearch") ) + (set-keymap-parents isearch-mode-map + (append (current-minor-mode-maps) + (list (current-local-map)))) ;; XEmacs change: without clearing the match data, sometimes old values ;; of isearch-other-end get used. Don't ask me why... -- Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr&gt; | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia --------------------------------+-------------------------------- A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.