Hi All: Right this second I cannot remember exactly what we were trying to configure, but my friend wanted me typing commands with ampersnds, so ofcourse I realized I needed quote signs. Well, even with that, seemingly either tcsh or Speakup inserted spaces where I didn't type or want them. We then used screen-and-he did the typing, obviously without Speakup, and it completed fine. Is this space expansion something I can turn off in FC9? Even if I arrow up-and-delete those spaces, they come back again, once I hit enter. In screen, since it was his session, we were in bash, but I sure prefer running in tcsh, as all my aliases work, unelss maybe, are their ways to make global aliases, not specific shell dependant? Thanks so much in advance Hart