Only one function in compileTrranslationTable.c needs changing, and I can borrow one from liblouisutdml and rework it to include the escape sequences. This will take only a few days, including testing and debugging. In fact, I have already begun. So I would prefer to go ahead. Meanwhile I still have to find an editor that will display UTF-8 satisfa torily on my Braill,e display at the command line. I am not using Orca, and I'm not sure the results would be satisfactory if I took the time to install it. John -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities For a description of the software, to download it and links to project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com