Hi all, Charles, if you are using a DOS computer as a terminal to link to your Linux box, sure you can use wp5.1 or whatever you like and upload it to your linux box. but if you are using Linux from the console, then, you need to use a Linux Editor. I find that I like emacs and emacspeak, coupled with Speakup. This way I get the power and flexibility of Emacspeak and its attendant extensions, as well as the power and ease of speakup's access to other console apps. In fact, this is the only area in my life where I can have my cake and eat it too. <smile> Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons email: akp at eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT