> Please edit local.mk to have make use the correct Emacs at least. Just to confirm that setting the EMACS variable solved the problem, thanks. I also want to confirm that org-compat.el and org-odt.el now load again, without any hacks necessary anymore in ~/.emacs. Thanks again! Best wishes, Torsten -- Dr Torsten Anders Course Leader, Music Technology University of Bedfordshire Park Square, Room A315 http://www.torsten-anders.de