Ah, much better.  (Silly of me to forget about the vector; not sure what I was thinking.)<br><br>That&#39;s terrific, thanks.<br><br> -- Chris<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 09:18, Stefan Monnier <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:monnier@iro.umontreal.ca">monnier@iro.umontreal.ca</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

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Thanks.  I&#39;ve installed the patch below which should fix your problem,<br>
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        Stefan<br>
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=== modified file &#39;lisp/dired-aux.el&#39;<br>
--- lisp/dired-aux.el   2011-11-17 09:09:20 +0000<br>
+++ lisp/dired-aux.el   2011-12-02 14:14:09 +0000<br>
@@ -927,8 +927,7 @@<br>
                 (concat (apply &#39;format prompt args)<br>
                         (if help-form<br>
                             (format &quot; [Type yn!q or %s] &quot;<br>
-                                    (key-description<br>
-                                     (char-to-string help-char)))<br>
+                                    (key-description (vector help-char)))<br>
                           &quot; [Type y, n, q or !] &quot;)))<br>
           (set sym (setq char (read-char-choice prompt char-choices)))<br>
           (if (memq char &#39;(?y ?\s ?!)) t)))))<br>
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