hello all: I noticed my init files were taking a while to load (probably partially because of emacspeak), so, I started lookinng at ways to speed it up. I stumbled on emacs server, and then in #emacs we worked out a solution. Basically: alias emacs="emacsclient -nw -a ''" If there's no emacs server running, it spawns it first. Then you can just put something like that in your script, and then direct $EDITOR to that script in ~/bin and you're set if you wanted emacs for other stuff too. HTH, -- Take care, Ty http://tds-solutions.net The aspen project: a barebones light-weight mud engine: http://code.google.com/p/aspenmud He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that dares not reason is a slave.