Slackware packages emacs under the E directories, simple tar files which will install EMACS the same as any other distro. You do not need to install the elisp package as that is just the source code for the added emacs libraries; having elisp may be useful if you want to browse through to read about how to use specific packages, but it is not needed to run the basic system. -- Gary Lawrence Murphy <garym at linux.ca>: office voice/fax: 01 519 4222723 TCI - Business Innovations through Open Source : http://www.teledyn.com Canadian Co-ordinators for Bynari International : http://ca.bynari.net/ Free Internet for a Free O/S? - http://www.teledyn.com/products/FreeWWW/