Index: Vt102Emulation.cpp
===================================================================
--- Vt102Emulation.cpp	(revision 741260)
+++ Vt102Emulation.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -976,51 +976,37 @@
     if ( getMode(MODE_AppScreen)) states |= KeyboardTranslator::AlternateScreenState;
 
     // lookup key binding
-    if ( _keyTranslator )
-    {
+    Q_ASSERT(_keyTranslator != 0);
     KeyboardTranslator::Entry entry = _keyTranslator->findEntry( 
                                                 event->key() , 
                                                 modifiers,
                                                 states );
 
-        // send result to terminal
-        QByteArray textToSend;
+    // send result to terminal
+    QByteArray textToSend;
 
-        // special handling for the Alt (aka. Meta) modifier.  pressing
-        // Alt+[Character] results in Esc+[Character] being sent
-        // (unless there is an entry defined for this particular combination
-        //  in the keyboard modifier)
-        if ( modifiers & Qt::AltModifier && entry.isNull() 
-             && !event->text().isEmpty() )
-        {
-            textToSend.prepend("\033");
-        }
+    // special handling for the Alt (aka. Meta) modifier.  pressing
+    // Alt+[Character] results in Esc+[Character] being sent
+    // (unless there is an entry defined for this particular combination
+    //  in the keyboard modifier)
+    if ( modifiers & Qt::AltModifier && entry.isNull() 
+         && !event->text().isEmpty() )
+    {
+        textToSend.prepend("\033");
+    }
 
-        if ( entry.command() != KeyboardTranslator::NoCommand )
-        {
-            // TODO command handling
-        }
-        else if ( !entry.text().isEmpty() ) 
-        {
-            textToSend += _codec->fromUnicode(entry.text());
-        }
-        else
-            textToSend += _codec->fromUnicode(event->text());
-
-        sendData( textToSend.constData() , textToSend.length() );
+    if ( entry.command() != KeyboardTranslator::NoCommand )
+    {
+        // TODO command handling
     }
-    else
+    else if ( !entry.text().isEmpty() ) 
     {
-        // print an error message to the terminal if no key translator has been
-        // set
-        QString translatorError =  i18n("No keyboard translator available.  "
-                                         "The information needed to convert key presses "
-                                         "into characters to send to the terminal " 
-                                         "is missing.");
-
-        reset();
-        receiveData( translatorError.toAscii().constData() , translatorError.count() );
+        textToSend += _codec->fromUnicode(entry.text());
     }
+    else
+        textToSend += _codec->fromUnicode(event->text());
+
+    sendData( textToSend.constData() , textToSend.length() );
 }
 
 #if 0
@@ -1330,6 +1316,7 @@
 
 char Vt102Emulation::getErase() const
 {
+  Q_ASSERT(_keyTranslator != 0);
   KeyboardTranslator::Entry entry = _keyTranslator->findEntry(
                                             Qt::Key_Backspace,
                                             0,
Index: Emulation.cpp
===================================================================
--- Emulation.cpp	(revision 741260)
+++ Emulation.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include "Emulation.h"
 
 // System
-#include <assert.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -190,6 +189,7 @@
 
 QString Emulation::keyBindings()
 {
+  Q_ASSERT(_keyTranslator != 0);
   return _keyTranslator->name();
 }