HS> You are correct, the last statement in forms--show-record is the only HS> one needing a modification. Sorry for my strong wording ("cluttered") HS> and choosing an obviously wrong example (man, I must have been really HS> tired). Here is the obvious patch (int-to-string should also be in Gnu Emacs, at least as ob 19.28.1): [kindofblue->forms]diff -u forms.el.orig forms.el --- forms.el.orig Tue Jan 12 10:52:25 1999 +++ forms.el Tue Jan 12 10:52:28 1999 ＠＠ -1706,7 +1706,8 ＠＠ (set-buffer-modified-p nil) (setq buffer-read-only forms-read-only) (setq mode-line-process - (concat " " forms--current-record "/" forms--total-records))) + (concat " " (int-to-string forms--current-record) + "/" (int-to-string forms--total-records)))) (defun forms--parse-form () "Parse contents of form into list of strings." Holger -- --- http://www.coling.uni-freiburg.de/~schauer/ --- " Well you reach the point where you know It's only your second skin" -- Chameleons, "Second skin"