psgml again

Jerry, In psgml-edit.el, the function sgml-menu-ask ends like this: (or (sgml-popup-menu event title (mapcar (function (lambda (x) (cons x x))) tab)) (message nil)))) If I change that to: (or (sgml-popup-menu event title (mapcar (function (lambda (x) (cons x x))) tab)) (progn (y-or-n-p "null return from sgml-popup-event")(message nil))))) and try to insert an element using button3, everything works as before, and the dialog box is not invoked. If I cancel the insert attempt by moving the mouse off the popup menu before releasing the button, the dialog pops up. (Incidentally, if I release the button over the title of the popup, the dialog does not pop up until I take a subsequent mouse or keyboard action.) If I use the menu, and select `Insert Element', the popup menu and the dialog box appear simultaneously. If I click on a menu item, I get `please answer the dialog box'. I do, and the box clears with no echo area message, for Yes or No, and with a Quit message for Cancel. If, instead of clicking on a menu item, I cancel the selection by clicking on the title, the dialog stays put, and on the next keyboard or mouse action, I am beeped and reminded `please answer the dialog box'. I give any answer, and get the expected echo, the dialog clears and things are back to normal. If, instead of a menu Item, I cancel by clicking off the popup, I get beeped, see Quit in the echo area, and I am back in normal edit mode, with the dialog still sitting on the screen. I can work all the way around it, including using button3 to insert an element. When I terminate the dialog, I am dropped into a recursive edit. Peter -- __ /__ Peter B. West pbwest(a)netscape.net / http://www.powerup.com.au/~pbwest / "Lord, to whom shall we go?"