Robert Edmonds wrote: > i intend to package gdict, a prog that contacts MIT's dictionary server and returns > the result in a window. cool. If it is a fronten to the dict program, I guess you haven't tried wordinspect yet, have you? Regards, Joey -- The good thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from. -- Andrew S. Tanenbaum Please always Cc to me when replying to me on the lists.