Try to take the xwinclip line out of your script, and I bet it'll start right. xwinclip does not work right. Lars. -- Lars Jensen, TMCC/Vista B200, 7000 Dandini Blvd, Reno NV 89512-3999. Internet: <jensen@physics.unr.edu>, http://www.scsr.nevada.edu/~jensen Tel: 775.673.7113 FAX: 775.674.7592