diff -uNr xfig.3.2.3d.orig/f_save.c xfig.3.2.3d/f_save.c
--- xfig.3.2.3d.orig/f_save.c	Tue Jul  4 01:37:21 2000
+++ xfig.3.2.3d/f_save.c	Mon Sep 17 15:59:28 2001
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@
 #include "w_setup.h"
 #include "w_zoom.h"
 
+#include "f_util.h"
+ char *mycommand;
+ char *mycommandstring="xfig_at_save_batch";
+//-----------------------------
+
+
 static int write_tmpfile=0;
 
 init_write_tmpfile()
@@ -59,7 +65,13 @@
 	return (-1);
     }
     if (!update_figs)
-	put_msg("%d object(s) saved in \"%s\"", num_object, file_name);
+//	put_msg("%d object(s) saved in \"%s\"", num_object, file_name);
+     mycommand = build_command(mycommandstring, file_name);
+         put_msg("%d object(s) saved in \"%s\"       Launching \"xfig_at_save_batch %s\"",\
+                         num_object, file_name, file_name);
+              system(mycommand);
+               free(mycommand);
+//-------------------------------
 
     /* update the recent list if caller desires */
     if (update_recent)
@@ -387,10 +399,10 @@
 	c = t->cstring[l];
 	if (c == '\\')
 	    fprintf(fp,"\\\\");	 /* escape a '\' with another one */
-	else if (c < 0x80)
+//	else if (c < 0x80)
 	    putc(c,fp);  /* normal 7-bit ASCII */
-	else
-	    fprintf(fp, "\\%o", c);  /* 8-bit, make \xxx (octal) */
+//	else
+//	    fprintf(fp, "\\%o", c);  /* 8-bit, make \xxx (octal) */
     }
     fprintf(fp,"\\001\n");	      /* finish off with '\001' string */
 }