> Also, is there a way to run plain old console emacs under X instead of > always getting a X-windowy version of it started?
You should be able to run it from an Xterm. I would recommend simply using <ctrl>-<alt>-<fn> where n=1-7 (usually - mine's setup to have 11 function keys as consoles) HTH, Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/