look for the thread "bash and non us keyboard in" http://www.cygnus.com/ml/gnu-win32/1997-Oct Btw: my readline commands in .inputrc seem to be ignored. Is someone out there who uses it? - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".