Hello. Anything I try to do with BBDB results in the error in the subject. And I get the same thing with 'xemacs -vanilla'. Here's a back trace that I was able to collect (it has sensitive data removed). # bind (standard-output stack-trace-on-signal debug-on-signal stack-trace-on-error debug-on-error) symbol-name((quote face)) # bind (p notefun notes thisnote phone addrs phones aka bbdb-elided-display name comp brief record) [ Sensitive Data Removed ] # bind (buffer-read-only prs standard-output b temp-buffer-setup-hook temp-buffer-show-hook first append records) bbdb-display-records-1(( [ Sensitive Data Removed ] # (unwind-protect ...) byte-code("..." [bbdb-gag-messages bbdb-buffer-name buffer ((bbdb-display-records-1 records)) window-buffer Electric-pop-up-window message "<<< Press Space to bury the Insidious Big Brother Database list >>>" Done (byte-code "z" [Blow-off-the-error ...] 2) bury-buffer] 4) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # bind (bbdb-inside-electric-display buffer bbdb-electric-completed-normally bbdb-electric-execute-me records) electric-bbdb-display-records(( [ Sensitive Data Removed ] # bind (bbdb-window records) bbdb-display-records(( [ Sensitive Data Removed ] # bind (bbdb-elided-display notes elidep string) bbdb("" nil) # bind (command-debug-status) call-interactively(bbdb) command-execute(bbdb t) # bind (_execute_command_keys_ _execute_command_name_ prefix-arg) execute-extended-command(nil) # bind (command-debug-status) call-interactively(execute-extended-command) # (condition-case ... . error) # (catch top-level ...) Emacs : XEmacs 21.5 (beta2) "artichoke" [Lucid] (i686-pc-linux, Mule) of Tue Aug 14 2001 on slackware Package: BBDB 2.32 current state: ============== (setq bbdb-version-date "$Date: 2001/07/02 09:40:31 $" bbdb-file-format 6 bbdb-no-duplicates-p nil bbdb-after-change-hook '(bbdb/gnus-score-invalidate-alist) bbdb-after-read-db-hook nil bbdb-always-add-addresses t bbdb-auto-revert-p nil bbdb-canonicalize-net-hook nil bbdb-canonicalize-redundant-nets-p t bbdb-case-fold-search t bbdb-change-hook '(bbdb-timestamp-hook) bbdb-completion-display-record nil bbdb-completion-type 'primary-or-name bbdb-create-hook '(bbdb-creation-date-hook) bbdb-default-area-code 7 bbdb-electric-p t bbdb-elided-display nil bbdb-file "~/.bbdb" bbdb-file-remote nil bbdb-file-remote-save-always t bbdb-gui t bbdb-hashtable-size 1021 bbdb-initialize-hook nil bbdb-list-hook '(bbdb-fontify-buffer) bbdb-load-hook nil bbdb-message-caching-enabled t bbdb-message-marker-field 'mark-char bbdb-mode-hook nil bbdb-new-nets-always-primary nil bbdb-north-american-phone-numbers-p nil bbdb-notes-default-separator ", " bbdb-notice-auto-save-file nil bbdb-notice-hook '(bbdb-auto-notes-hook) bbdb-offer-save 'auto bbdb-pop-up-elided-display t bbdb-pop-up-elided-display-fields nil bbdb-pop-up-elided-display-name-end 48 bbdb-pop-up-target-lines 3 bbdb-quiet-about-name-mismatches nil bbdb-readonly-p nil bbdb-save-db-timeout nil bbdb-send-mail-style nil bbdb-silent-running nil bbdb-use-alternate-names t bbdb-user-mail-names ".youngs@.*\\|steve.*" bbdb-write-file-hooks '(bbdb-write-file-hook-fn) bbdb/gnus-lines-and-from-length 18 bbdb/gnus-split-crosspost-default nil bbdb/gnus-split-default-group "mail.misc" bbdb/gnus-split-myaddr-regexp "^steve$\\|^steve@\\([-a-z0-9]+\\.\\)*slackware.mynet.pc$" bbdb/gnus-split-nomatch-function nil bbdb/gnus-split-private-field 'gnus-private bbdb/gnus-split-public-field 'gnus-public bbdb/gnus-summary-mark-known-posters t bbdb/gnus-summary-show-bbdb-names t bbdb/mail-auto-create-p nil bbdb/news-auto-create-p nil bbdb/prompt-for-create-p nil bbdb/vm-set-auto-folder-alist-field 'vm-folder features '(bbdb-com reporter holidays lunar solar cal-dst cal-persia cal-julian diary-lib appt calendar bbdb-w3 bbdb-sc supercite mail-extr regi bbdb-gnus gnus gnus-ems gnus-xmas bbdb tex-site cperl-mode ibuffer dired-tar compile time-stamp rsz-minibuf byte-optimize diff-mode ediff-merg ediff-diff ediff-tbar ediff-wind ediff-help ediff-util ediff-mult ediff-init ediff vc-hooks balloon-help lazy-shot efs-cu eicq-toolbar eicq bytecomp byte-compile advice advice-preload smiley annotations goto-addr overlay thingatpt wid-edit timezone outline browse-url sb-texinfo sb-info info speedbar sb-image dframe assoc filladapt footnote mic-paren paren blink-paren pending-del scroll-in-place redo savehist time backup-dir edmacro iswitchb message messagexmas mml mml-sec mml-smime mml2015 gpg timer smime comint ring dig mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mailcap mail-parse rfc2045 rfc2231 rfc2047 gnus-util qp ietf-drums time-date parse-time mail-abbrevs sendmail nnheader nnheaderxm mm-util mail-prsvr mail-utils mailheader crypt crypt++ history recent-files font-lock func-menu x-compose cus-face blink-cursor zenirc-autoloads xslt-process-autoloads xemacs-devel-autoloads xemacs-base-autoloads w3-autoloads vm-autoloads viper-autoloads view-process-autoloads vhdl-autoloads vc-cc-autoloads vc-autoloads tpu-autoloads tooltalk-autoloads tm-autoloads time-autoloads textools-autoloads text-modes-autoloads texinfo-autoloads supercite-autoloads strokes-autoloads speedbar-autoloads sounds-wav-autoloads sounds-au-autoloads slider-autoloads sh-script-autoloads sgml-autoloads semantic-autoloads scheme-autoloads rmail-autoloads reftex-autoloads psgml-autoloads ps-print-nomule-autoloads prog-modes-autoloads pcomplete-autoloads pcl-cvs-autoloads pc-autoloads os-utils-autoloads net-utils-autoloads misc-games-autoloads mine-autoloads mh-e-autoloads mew-autoloads mailcrypt-autoloads mail-lib-autoloads jde-autoloads ispell-autoloads ilisp-autoloads igrep-autoloads idlwave-autoloads hm--html-menus-autoloads gnats-autoloads games-autoloads fsf-compat-autoloads frame-icon-autoloads footnote-autoloads eudc-autoloads eterm-autoloads eshell-autoloads emerge-autoloads elib-autoloads eieio-autoloads efs-autoloads edt-autoloads edit-utils-autoloads ediff-autoloads edebug-autoloads dired-autoloads debug-autoloads crisp-autoloads cookie-autoloads cc-mode-autoloads calendar-autoloads calc-autoloads c-support-autoloads build-autoloads bbdb-autoloads auctex-autoloads apel-autoloads ada-autoloads Sun-autoloads skk-autoloads mule-base-autoloads lookup-autoloads locale-autoloads leim-autoloads egg-its-autoloads edict-autoloads -autoloads gnus-autoloads eicq-autoloads src-autoloads loadhist auto-show fontl-hooks x-iso8859-1 slovenian czech romanian ccl mule-help code-cmds gutter-items menubar-items x-menubar mode-motion mouse itimer auto-save lisp-mode easymenu iso8859-1 page buff-menu lib-complete cus-file derived frame text-props obsolete cus-start custom widget cl-extra mini-cl cl cl-19 packages backquote very-early-lisp file-coding mule athena-scrollbars cut-buffer lucid-menubars athena-dialogs x c-balloon-help tty-frames tty toolbar native-sound scrollbar unix-processes multicast network-streams subprocesses modules menu-accelerator-support menubar berkeley-db dbm md5 xemacs xim gutter tiff png gif jpeg xface xpm xbm lisp-float-type linux dialog devices window-system base64) ) -- |---<Steve Youngs>---------------<GnuPG KeyID: 9E7E2820>---| | XEmacs - It's not just an editor. | | It's a way of life. | |------------------------------------<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>---| _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/