XEmacs 21.4 (patch 8) "Honest Recruiter" [Lucid] (i386-debian-linux) If an X error occurs during x-set-font-path, XEmacs will throw an "x-error" which is never declared as an error in device-x.c (merely as a symbol). So the following code doesn't catch the error: (condition-case nil (x-set-font-path '("foo")) (x-error "caught x-error") (error "caught error")) Instead XEmacs reports: Peculiar error (x-error "BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)" "X_SetFontPath" "0x2E00025") A one line patch that remedies this is attached. Please CC any responses. Thanks, Steve dunham(a)cse.msu.edu --- xemacs21-21.4.8/src/device-x.c.orig 2002-10-11 08:16:54.000000000 -0700 +++ xemacs21-21.4.8/src/device-x.c 2002-10-11 08:20:55.000000000 -0700 ＠＠ -1992,7 +1992,7 ＠＠ DEFSUBR (Fx_get_font_path); DEFSUBR (Fx_set_font_path); - defsymbol (&Qx_error, "x-error"); + DEFERROR_STANDARD(Qx_error, Qerror); defsymbol (&Qinit_pre_x_win, "init-pre-x-win"); defsymbol (&Qinit_post_x_win, "init-post-x-win"); }