I have always set compile-auto-highlight to t means Emacs should auto. highlight all error-messages after finishing compilation. This works fine in all major-modes except for jde-mode. This means if i open a java-source in normal java-mode and not in jde-mode the errors will be auto. highlighted. After enabling jde-mode for this source and compiling again, the errors will first highlighted after doing anything, e.g. clicking into the buffer. Compiling means not jde-compile but any general task which uses the compile.el package, e.g. also a grep. If i remember right, this behavior is relative new, means i think previous JDE version don´t have this bug; maybe this is realted to the font-lock changes in latest versions...but this is only a shot in the blue :-) Klaus -- Klaus Berndl mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] sd&m AG http://www.sdm.de software design & management Thomas-Dehler-Str. 27, 81737 München, Germany Tel +49 89 63812-392, Fax -220