This should make things a bit better. Thanks to those who are being crash test dummies (Kyle has all the good catch-phrases). I will commit this. andy 1999-08-05 Andy Piper <andy(a)xemacs.org&gt; * glyphs.c (check_for_ignored_expose): ignore exposures wholly contained in our ignore list. * gutter-items.el (update-tab-in-gutter): add frame argument for buffer-items. (update-tab-in-gutter): use it. * buffer.c (Frecord_buffer): add call to record-buffer-hook. (syms_of_buffer): declare record-buffer-hook. * gutter-items.el (record-buffer-hook): set. * buffer.el (switch-to-buffer): back out switch-to-buffer-hook change. (switch-to-buffer-hook) deleted. -------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Andy Piper Senior Consultant Architect, BEA Systems Ltd