Well, there's some motion: glib2 2.12.7 now just throws a bunch of GLib-CRITICAL **: Invalid key name: Double Line Mode type errors on the terminal. But at least it reads and stores the preferences. 2.0.4 works normally with glib2 2.12.7 (except for the warnings) Dave -- David Reiser dbreiser at earthlink.net Mac 10.4.8 PPC, gcc 4.0.1