While not seeing much activity on the IDLE fork sourceforge site, further research indicates the BDFL is on the case: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/idle-dev/2000-December/000251.html BTW- sorry for coming at the list as one person from different e-mail addresses. Probably confusing. Home logistics. My wife, among other pursuits, is a potter - which I hope explains her AOL log-on. ART