Thank You, Vin. The reason why I did not send my messages to xemax-beta is that many of them were rejected, likely due to the jam of the server. You became therefore, the only reliable contact I could have. I hope my tiny contribution will spare somebody's precious time ... My problem is solved. Claude LEMOINE MEZNAOT 29830 St PABU FRANCE ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vin Shelton" <acs(a)alumni.princeton.edu&gt; To: "claude. lemoine3" <claude.lemoine3(a)wanadoo.fr>; "xemacs-beta" <xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org&gt; Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 5:28 PM Subject: Fwd: xemacs lines and columns numbers > I've forwarded your message to xemacs-beta.