On Jan 09, 2011, at 07:44, John Delacour wrote: > I note that you _have_ quoted the string. The only time you would escape spaces etc. is in the command line where you have not enclosed the path in quotes. ______________________________________________________________________ Hey John, I don't agree with you on the first comment (except technically :), but you're right about part two. Too much 'do shell script' and 'quoted form of' on the brain. As for TEP, many folks still know and love it. I keep hoping Tom will rewrite it in Cocoa, but I stopped holding my breath and bought Jedit X long ago. -- Chris