Well, Michael: Really I was hoping for multiple buffers. My cut-and-paste of text from tty3 should not be erased next time I go to another console-and-cut-and-paste. That's why I suggested an individual--and a global cut-and-paste And yes, lately I am running in to situations where I am in a program--and make a mistake, hit backspace--and it says "question mark" Well some1 told me to hit controll h instead of backspace in that case. Thanks for a reply on this subject Hart
