Paul> The attached patch to psgml.el,v 2.20 lets me find the Paul> catalog on MS file systems. It works, but it seems like Hello Paul, the patch you attached is reversed. You have generalized FROM : TO path-separator, not from path-separator to :. The patch tries to do the opposite. --- psgml.el Thu May 20 11:53:30 1999 +++ \unzipped\lisp\psgml\psgml.el Wed Dec 09 14:33:56 1998 ＠＠ -380,8 +380,8 ＠＠ (defun sgml-parse-colon-path (cd-path) "Explode a colon-separated list of paths into a string list." (let (cd-list (cd-start 0) cd-colon) - (setq cd-path (concat cd-path path-separator)) - (while (setq cd-colon (string-match path-separator cd-path cd-start)) + (setq cd-path (concat cd-path ":")) + (while (setq cd-colon (string-match ":" cd-path cd-start)) <lines deleted by Adrian> Paul> there ought to be a more abstract mechanism of dealing with Paul> this. Is there something in XEmacs internals that can Paul> replace sgml-parse-colon-path? I think you are looking for `split-path'[1]. Could you please produce a revised patch using split-path with "diff -u old-file new-file"? Regards, Adrian Paul> -- Paul> Paul Krause Paul> krause(a)ibelong.net Paul> 617.252.9960 tel. Paul> 617.252.9961 fax. Footnotes: [1] `split-path' (buffer: *wide reply to Paul Krause*, mode: Message) Built-in function: arguments: (PATH) Explode a search path into a list of strings. The path components are separated with the characters specified with `path-separator'. -- Adrian Aichner Teradyne GmbH, European Design Center Integra Test Division Telephone +49/89/41861(0)-208 Dingolfinger Strasse 2 Fax +49/89/41861-217 (What is a Fax?) D-81673 MUENCHEN E-mail adrian.aichner(a)teradyne.com