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I'm using rexx-mode.el from 
http://www.sve.man.ac.uk/General/Staff/perrin/rexx.html
In rexx, I could say
  foo = "\"
and the backslash is just a character in quotes.  But with font-lock-mode 
enabled, the backslash breaks recognition of the end of the string and 
syntax coloring breaks.  Is there a way to turn off the special meaning of 
backslash when in rexx mode?

If it matters, I'm using Emacs 21.3.1 under Windows.