bug#5691: C-\ translates to \ on Windows Vista

[Deniz Dogan]

2010/7/11 Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>:
> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> 2010/4/22 Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com>:
>>> 2010/3/12 Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>:
>>>> Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm trying to hit C-\ on my Windows Vista machine, but Emacs recognizes
>>>>> the key press as just \ (self-insert-command).
>>>>
>>>> How do you press \ on your keyboard?
>>>>
>>>> If it is with AltGr key, then I think only the Right control key will
>>>> work, as the modifier code for AltGr is identical to Left-Ctrl
>>>> Right-Alt, so Left-Ctrl can not be applied to keycodes including AltGr.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I do indeed use AltGr to press \.
>>>
>>
>> Trying RCtrl+AltGr++ (which should make C-\ on a Swedish keyboard) on
>> Windows 7 fails to make a C-\ as well.
>
> Did you type the keys in the order explained here
>
>  http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/AltGrKey
>

Dang, after having looked at it closer, it seems that my right control
key is bound to SPC for some reason. I think it has to do with my
remapping of Ctrl and Caps. I can not verify whether the Emacs Wiki
method works.