Well, although vi/vim has a learning curve like a brick-wall, vim does support recording & playback of macros, as well as mapping various keys to actions, and providing abbreviations, all of which greatly speed up entry. However, it does involve learning vi/vim. I'm in *that* camp (once you've invested the time to learn vi/vim well, it's got tremendous payoff), so I can't tell you much about emacs, but suspect it has similar abilities. -tim _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list