Hi Barry, M-x apropos RET profile didn't show `elp-instrument-function' and related tools. Thats probably, because non of them has the name "profile" in it. Suggest an alias as delivered with patch. Thanks Andreas Röhler In GNU Emacs 23.0.92.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.0) of 2009-04-29 on noname Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.70200000 Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: de_DE.UTF-8 value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=local locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix default-enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: Lisp Interaction Minor modes in effect: tooltip-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t global-auto-composition-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Recent input: M-x a p r o p o s p r o f i l e M-x r e p o r t - e m a c s - b u g Recent messages: For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. No apropos matches for `profile'