oh boy oh boy. thanks sam. > I stumbled across a bug, which lead to another bug... > > I was playing around with "Split" since it's something I've never > used, and ended up trying it out on a directory. > > Try the following: > > 1. start up wily and open a directory > 2. have two columns with one window containing a directory listing > (the default startup state for me...) > 3. Split the directory window > 4. Drag one window to the empty column > 5. Drag it back again > > If you are lucky (and is the bug I stumbled upon) the now empty column > will still contain the text of the window. The text will disappear on > a refresh, so wily isn't updating it - just failing to clear it in the > first place. neat. i have replicated this on solaris and freebsd. no crashes. thanks for the changes. i'll try to repliace the strange artifacts you spoke of. i do not see them. oz