So, emacs would not show a text cursor for some reason. I figured out a temp fix is to change the font then change it back to default. Of course I want to change my font anyway so this problem may go away all together once I do that. I was wondering if this quick fix sheds any light onto the problem or a more permanent fix? Thanks Patrick Beeson pbeeson@cs.utexas.edu http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/pbeeson/