Take the 2-minute tour ×  I want to bind "C-[" like so:
(define-key py-mode-map "\C-["  'py-shift-region-left)  The
problem is, Emacs sees "C-[" as ESC. Am I missing something?
share|improve this question The function describe-key confirms
this: (describe-key [?\C-\[]). I've been searching around,
looking for an answer, and so far can't find an answer. –  seh
Dec 27 '09 at 15:17 add comment  1 Answer  Well, as it happens,
"\C-[" and ESC are the same character. They are also being
reported as the same by xkbwatch, which leads me to believe that
X is reporting those keypresses to applications in the same way,
so there's nothing to be done on the Emacs side of things. As
for somehow making "\C-[" not act like ESC at a lower level,
unfortunately I've no idea, I always considered it a pinky-
saving feature.  share|improve this answer Note that I see the
same effect using GNU Emacs on Windows, not involving X in any
way. Remapping at the X level may offer a way around this
problem, but it seems that Emacs has some