I'm getting a failed assertion: keyboard.c:5548: Emacs fatal error: assertion failed: c == event->code Breakpoint 1, w32_abort () at w32fns.c:9127 9127 button = MessageBox (NULL, (gdb) bt #0 w32_abort () at w32fns.c:9127 #1 0x0101f2fb in die (msg=0x13598f8 "assertion failed: c == event->code", file=0x135686a "keyboard.c", line=5548) at alloc.c:6287 #2 0x01091bfc in read_char (commandflag=1, nmaps=2, maps=0x82fb70, prev_event=25171969, used_mouse_menu=0x82fc18, end_time=0x0) at keyboard.c:5548 #3 0x010928d1 in read_key_sequence (keybuf=0x82fce4, bufsize=30, prompt=25171969, dont_downcase_last=0, can_return_switch_frame=1, fix_current_buffer=1) at keyboard.c:9459 #4 0x010952e1 in command_loop_1 () at keyboard.c:1666 #5 0x0101b0b7 in internal_condition_case (bfun=0x1095082 , handlers=25244841, hfun=0x108cba3 ) at eval.c:1493 #6 0x0108bdd0 in command_loop_2 () at keyboard.c:1381 #7 0x0101b152 in internal_catch (tag=25236817, func=0x108bdad , arg=25171969) at eval.c:1229 #8 0x0108c9dc in command_loop () at keyboard.c:1360 #9 0x0108cd06 in recursive_edit_1 () at keyboard.c:969 #10 0x0108ce71 in Frecursive_edit () at keyboard.c:1031 #11 0x01002b0c in main (argc=8585136, argv=0xa92778) at emacs.c:1781 That's on Windows XP, with an up-to-date trunk build, built with "gcc (GCC) 4.2.1-sjlj (mingw32-2)". The error happens (repeatably) whenever I press Ctrl + a non-ASCII key (for example, C-Ñ, C-ç, C-º). Juanma