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

[Lennart Borgman]

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