On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 10:21:58AM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > Hmm. Does he want to do this programatically? Does X or xterm > specify what signal? The kill command should be able to do it. Well, it is partially curiosity, but also: I write Lilypond files using xemacs. I would like to program a function key, so that xemacs compiles my lilypond code and displays my pdf file in a maximised other window. Perhaps this is daft ! Thanks Joe