Hamish Moffatt: [about DOS lineends] > vim has always hidden these characters, AFAIK. nvi doesn't. :set ff=unix Or did I already write that? It changes the mode for the current file from whatever it was to Unix. Jiri -- <jiri@baum.com.au> We'll know the future has arrived when every mailer transparently quotes lines that begin with "From ", but no-one remembers why.