Re: How to bind the keyboard 'C-;'

[Kevin Rodgers]

John Paul Wallington wrote:
> "Vols" <volunteers@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I want the keyboard binding 'Control  ;' , for example, I tried:
> > (global-set-key  "\C-;" 'kill-this-buffe)
>
> You must avoid the string syntax when binding non-ASCII characters.
> (kbd "C-;") and [(control \;)] should work.

and [?\C-;]

Can anyone explain why the semicolon does not need to be backslashed
there?

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA