my version of tramp-make-tramp-file-name (emacs 22.0.50.1) takes 5 arguments, not 4 as in slime-create-filename-translator. is this a bug or does this function have a differenet api on other emacs? -- -Marco Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget the perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. -Leonard Cohen