> > **When I use John Fox's init.el file (5 February 06) with the following > changes to that file > > **;;; (load "ess-site") > (load > "G:\Applications\XEmacs\XEmacs-21.4.19\ess-5.2.12\lisp\ess-site") Try changing each \ to / -- I think emacs on windows requires / as the path separator. Stephen