If you contact me I will send some more information. I have me .emacs stuff all byte compiled. When I edit .emacs.el, the compiled file is .emacs.elc. There are two ways to have this loaded. I used to just link .emacs to .emacs.elc. That doesn't sit well with some things that emacs20 does (can't remember what) or possibly with packages that may install some lines to .emacs when installed.
Now I have .emacs load .emacs.elc. There are some lines of code to place in .emacs.el so that it is automatically byte compiled whenever it is saved. I'll send it upon request. Oh, and yes there is a considerable speed up of starting up emacs. Alan Davis -- Alan E. Davis Marianas High School (Science Department) AAA196, Box 10001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.saipan.netpci.com/~adavis Saipan, MP 96950 15.16oN 145.7oE GMT+10 Northern Mariana Islands -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]