"Lisp mode. Sets the 'lisp' and 'showmatch' options on." which is not very helpful, but the link to http://www.vim.org/html/options.html#'lisp' has more information. > Is there also an > interpreter, or do I need to get one? IIRC, you are using Slackware 7.1. I think there was a Lisp interpreter included with it. There is one in Slack 8.0. Glenn McDavid mailto:gmcdavid at winternet.com http://www.winternet.com/~gmcdavid