Hi all, What's wrong with just typing 'm-x shell'? that will allow you to do most shell commands. You can not do a lot of regular apps, but if you want to write a file, just start writing one by opening one up. Try c-x c-f file name. It will put you in a buffer and you can write as much as you want. Give the file the right extension for a CGI program or for a C program, and you can compile it from within emacs, using emacspeak. For example, if you want to write the C program to make the terminal echo "Hello World", you type: c-x c-f hello.c from whithin emacs, and you type in your program. Then, you use the proper sequence to compile the program, I believe it is c-c c-c, could be wrong, and the blessed program is compiled and you can run it. Emacs will go into what is called 'text mode', when you give it the proper file extension. If you call a file 'test.txt' you will be placed in text mode. It will give you a lot of options from there. Try 'c-h m' from any buffer in emacs and you can find out what commands you can do? Ann P. >>>>> "Octavian" == Octavian Rasnita <orasnita at home.ro> writes: Octavian> Of course, because that problem happend me for more Octavian> times. I think I found a little problem but I am not Octavian> sure. Octavian> When it starts, emacspeak tell me that message that it Octavian> is functioning normally (BTW. How can I change that Octavian> message?) and I don't care about that message and I Octavian> start pressing the normal shortcuts for launching the Octavian> terminal mode before it finishes the message. When I do Octavian> that, the terminal doesn't start. If I let emacspeak to Octavian> finish its message, I can start it. Octavian> How can I stop the voice? What key should I press if I Octavian> want to stop the message? I searched in the help file Octavian> but I couldn't find it. Teddy, orasnita at home.ro -- 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