I assume you're on a window system and have gnuserv configured. Now, try this: $ xemacs -vanilla & Then "ESC ! echo 'TASTES GREAT!' RET" in the XEmacs window. Back to your terminal, and $ xemacs -nw and "ESC ! echo 'LESS FILLING!' RET" in the terminal window. I expect you'll see the new string in the GUI window (only), not in the terminal. This is pretty disconcerting when you're working remotely. `pop-to-buffer' is a guess. Whatever shell-command is using to pop up its results should restrict its search for an existing window displaying the *Shell Command Output* buffer to the console where the command was typed, IMO. Is there a reason why this isn't so? -- School of Systems and Information Engineering http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Ask not how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.