diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 70658867c5..3060d10116 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-01-24  Dekel Tsur  <dekelts@tau.ac.il>
+
+	* trans.C (process): Fix the keymap bug.
+
 2001-01-23  Dekel Tsur  <dekelts@tau.ac.il>
 
 	* LaTeX.C (scanAuxFiles): New method. Provides support for
diff --git a/src/trans.C b/src/trans.C
index bde4bc1847..4e2d45c20a 100644
--- a/src/trans.C
+++ b/src/trans.C
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ string const Trans::process(char c, TransManager & k)
 	if (t.empty() && c != 0) {
 		dt[0] = c;
 		return k.normalkey(c, dt);
-	} else if (!t.empty()) {
+	} else if (!t.empty() && t[0] != char(0)) {
 		dt = t;
 		return k.normalkey(c, dt);
 	} else {