Hi, This may be a useful tip for R users on emacs: Problem: substitute "\n" by a "real" linefeed, so that aa \n bb \n ccc becomes aa bb ccc ? Solution: M-% <RT> \n <RT> C-q 12 <RT> It works, because ASCII 12 = <RT> Enjoy! Christian -- Dr. Christian W. Hoffmann, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Zuercherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland Tel +41-44-7392-277 (office), -111(exchange), -215 (fax) christian.hoffmann at wsl.ch, www.wsl.ch/staff/christian.hoffmann