I don't know if this is an elf issue, an ncurses issue, an elvis issue, or a non issue. Ncurses seems most likely to me. Among the packages I just uploaded is elv-vi-1.8pl4-21.deb. The only difference between this and the -20 package is that it was built with the elf libs. I notice that, on my slow 6.65 BogoMips system, the screen flashes annoyingly when I hit the ESC key using the -21 version. mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell)