Hello David! David selby wrote: > Want to try something more adventurous however am stuck on something > soooo simple, how do I generate a new line in xmessage Hm, a new line? This sort of works: xmessage "Newline<RET> You will get to the alternate prompt, and then continue here!" I'm not sure if this is what you really want, but it will give you a new line. Hm, I never worked with xmessage before... HTH, Flo