Won't it take more than that to make auto-filling work properly? Since face information is not saved with a text file, the next person that views the variable-width auto-filled file won't necessarily get the same nice filling. It seems that to make this work, you have to define a word-processor mode. In this mode, carriage returns are stored only at the ends of paragraphs. Each paragraph would be auto-filled, using pixel resolution, each time a character was added or deleted or when a face changed. Each paragraph would also be refilled upon entering word processing mode. -- Antonio Freixas tonyf(a)ims.com (503) 626-5433