weiner> Sending a URL to this function of the form: weiner> will cause Netscape to signal a calling error because of the weiner> embedded commas. Simply double quoting the URL (at the point weiner> that it is set to Netscape) seems to do no good. The commas need to be hex-encoded. Commas are OK in a URL but happen to confuse the Netscape remote-control thing. (while (string-match "," url) (setq url (replace-match "%2C" nil t url))) -- bill(a)carpenter.ORG (WJCarpenter) PGP bill(a)bubblegum.net 0x91865119 38 95 1B 69 C9 C6 3D 25 73 46 32 04 69 D6 ED F3