Hi, when I enter (code-char 256) in the repl, it dies, and in the minibuffer emacs says: Lisp connection died unexpectedly; exit code 256 (to that tune). Using sbcl 0.9.8.0-1ubuntu3 and slime HEAD from cvs on Linux 2.6.15-27-686. Known thing? Florian -- Florian Ebeling florian.ebeling at gmail.com