Ralf Angeli <angeli(a)caeruleus.net&gt; writes: Which macro, which call? The problem you reported was Using a fresh CVS checkout of XEmacs trunk the following snippet returns "1" when evaluated whereas it returns "5" in GNU Emacs 21.3, CVS GNU Emacs and XEmacs 21.4.15. (with-temp-buffer (with-syntax-table (make-syntax-table) (insert "foo bar") (backward-sexp 1) (point))) If `set-syntax-table' is used instead of `with-syntax-table', CVS XEmacs returns "5" as well, so I suppose that there is a problem in `with-syntax-table' or a function called by it. You presumably mean the macro `with-syntax-table', but it might be a good idea to explicitly say so and quote the code in question. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta