\_ I don't want multiple editors. I want shell sessions.. Emacs wont do that, \_ will it? C-x 2 C-x 3 C-x o C-x o C-x 3 Will divide the window up. Now issue multiple instances of C-x o, M-x shell, and M-x rename-buffer and you are good to go. If you can think of it, emacs can do it. David