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> If this is the problem I'm aware of, it's related to keyboard 
> keypresses.  Try to pay attention to what keys did you press immediately 
> before it exits (I won't tell you which ones I think cause that, so that 
> if the descriptions I had in the past from other users won't mask some 
> new problem, or maybe a more complete description of the problem ;-).

OK, I will do that later today and reply then.

> Help in debugging this is greatly appreciated.  Let me know if you need
> any guidance in your wandering through the maze of Emacs code.

OK, I will.

> One thing to try is to build Emacs 21.2 on the same machine.  It probably 
> won't change anything, but Emacs 20.x had a nasty memory-allocation bug, 
> so I'd like to know whether it has any relevance.  (I think it doesn't, 
> since it has no relation to keyboard handling.)  At least you will be 
> running the latest codebase, which will make it easier to exchange 
> patches.

So I'll go with 21.2, then. I assume the latest stable release tarball
from gnu.org will do? Is there anything special I should know about
building that emacs release besides common building emacs on DJGPP
instructions? (just wondering, because there is no port at simtel...)

Laurynas