note kings Many Emacsen have shell-mode; give that a try. I use GNU Emacs, in which typing <tt>M-x shell</tt> creates a new (or switches to an existing) buffer in shell-mode within which a shell is run. To run multiple shells, rename each shell-mode buffer and reinvoke <tt>M-x shell</tt>. <p> Invest time researching the capabilities of Emacs. The payoff is great. 684459 684731