These settings are saved in your edit profile. You probably just need to unlock it. ==== profile is unlocked , but when I lock it AFTER making the change, I get what I want. THANKS.
BTW, why would you want to turn off such a useful feature?? == no good *intellectual* reason other than that I find the reverse highlight (on my 3178 dumb terminal) of black letters on a suddenly white block background in the midst of all the other green letters on the othrwise peacefully black screen, highly irritating. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

