Ed,

That is excellent! I tried it out and decided I won't bet against you. I can use C-s and C-r to zip around my document pretty quick that way. Never thought to use "search" for navigation.

Pete, I edit text files on my home OS X machine over SSH while I'm traveling (often visiting family). I like to use Terminal because I don't need any software installed on whoever's machine I'm using.

Scott
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