Let's say I'm working within my *scratch* buffer. Now, when I try to use 'customize-variable', an empty new buffer is created called, say, "*Customize Option: Default Frame Alist*". However, all the info/buttons/etc that 'should' have been in this customization buffer are 'actually' dumped inline into the *scratch* buffer. I've seen this happen even after emacs has been quit and restarted. Please note, this is not related to the 'compilation-nomessage-regexp- alist' errors that you may see in this problem report. In GNU Emacs 23.0.90.1 (powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0, NS apple- appkit-824.48) of 2009-05-13 on mac Windowing system distributor `Apple', version 10.3.824 configured using `configure '--prefix' '/Applications/Emacs.app/ Contents/MacOS' '--with-ns' '--enable-ns-self-contained=yes' '-- enable-cocoa-experimental-ctrl-g=yes'' 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: nil value of $XMODIFIERS: nil locale-coding-system: nil default-enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: Custom Minor modes in effect: ecb-minor-mode: t shell-dirtrack-mode: t global-hl-line-mode: t show-paren-mode: t iswitchb-mode: t savehist-mode: t tooltip-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 size-indication-mode: t column-number-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Recent input: r i a b l e . C-a C-M-u C-p C-p C-p C-e SPC a n d SPC . C-n M-j SPC C-x r i B C-e 1 . SPC t e r i e s SPC t o SPC s e t SPC C-x r i c C-M-n C-b n u t h i s C-e SPC t o SPC C-x r i c C-M-n C-b n u l l C-e SPC - SPC w h i c h SPC i s SPC n o t SPC a l l o w e d SPC s i n c e SPC C-x r i c C-M-n C-b t h i s C-e SPC i s SPC a SPC f i n a l e SPC SPC v a r u M-/ . M-q C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-a C-k C-n C-x C-s C-c C-c C-c M-x j d e - j a v a d o m a C-h v c o m o p i M-/ M-/ C-y n C-g C-g M-x M-p M-x M-p C-e - M-x c u s t o - C-g C-g M-x c u s t o m - - v a r C-g C-x b s r c r a C-r M-x c u s t o m m = - v a d e a f a f C-x 1 C-x b s c Recent messages: (No files need saving) Entering debugger... (No files need saving) let: Symbol's value as variable is void: compilation-nomessage-regexp- alist Quit [3 times] Making completion list... Creating customization items... Creating customization items ...done Resetting customization items...done Creating customization setup...done Livin Stephen -- livin.stephen@gmail.com