On 05/30/2014 03:08 PM, Bob Armstrong wrote: Emacs is just way too heavyweigh with unnecessary features. You mean "gnu emacs..." and with that I absolutely agree, but I don't know any other emacs alternative that's been ported to VMS. Doesn't MicroEMACS run under VMS? -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA