On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 11:53:39AM -0500, Raymond Norton wrote: > I want to post a question providing an error message I am getting. How > can I capture the text in a shell, so I can paste it in a posting? By "shell" do you mean xterm? i.e. a window in X that contains your shell prompt and the error message? If so, highlight the message by selecting the text with the mouse. Then point the mouse at your email editor and click the middle button. X will paste the highlighted text into the editor. Nate