Hmm.. After M-x slime-ensure-typeout-frame, the command related messages are still directed to minibuffer with typeout frame open and idle. I use cmucl 18e and emacs21 on Debian sarge. -- _________________ Sung-youn Kim Political Science Dept. Stony Brook University (SUNY at Stony Brook) Office : 631-632-7664 Web : http://www.ic.sunysb.edu/stu/sungyoki