Hello peter, Thursday, July 31, 2003, 1:46:11 PM, you wrote: pcnau> Does ctrl-p (prev) and ctrl-n (next) work? for emacs mode only yes. pcnau> What OS are you logging on to? local OS is WinXP and linux box is Mandrake 9.1 Any suggestions as to what i need to be looking at, because i have no idea where to even begin. thanks Ross -- Ross Kirk mailto:ross@wobble.org ICQ: 16966399