Hi Jim, It looks like uncommenting TK_USE_INPUT_METHODS didn't give a big performance boost. Perhaps tcl/tk works better on windows.. :? Thanks, -- Eray (exa) Ozkural Comp. Sci. Dept., Bilkent University, Ankara e-mail: erayo@cs.bilkent.edu.tr www: http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~erayo