Re: strange key handling on a terminal

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

  > > Then if I try pressing C-. I get the error: "C-. is undefined". This
  > > happens when using emacs from CVS updated a few minutes ago.
  > 
  > Seems completely normal: C-. is also unbound here under X11.

The recipe I gave tried to bind it to `indent-region' using M-x
global-set-key (no particular reason to choose indent-region, just
because it has a visible effect).

The interesting thing is that after executing the `define-key' form, 
C-h f C-. says: "C-." undefined, it is somehow recognized... 

Anyway, the main goal of this exercise is to be able to use C-. in a
new xterm which emits a special escape sequence for C-. (unlike old
xterms that just emit C-.). And not only C-. but also other key
combinations that were not available in an xterm before. 
What is the way to make this work? 
Is there some subtlety here about key bindings that I miss? Or there's
some bug somewhere? 

Thanks

        --dan