keybinding for C-[

keybinding for C-[

[wlcna]

QUESTION: How to sever the tie b/w C-[ and ESC so I can create a keybinding 
for C-[?

(Using current version of emacs on win32.)

So I'm aware C-[ is something of a special key equating to ESC of course and 
presume this is why the following won't work as desired:

(global-set-key (kbd "C-[") 'myFunction) ; doesn't help.
(global-set-key (kbd "ESC") 'myFunction) ; doesn't help either

I'd like to have ESC work "normally" in emacs but C-[ to do my own thing, 
and I have a good reason for this that I can explain if you like...

Also I heavily use vim and I know there the C-[ and ESC equivalency is 
exactly the key bindings I want there, just FYI.Q

Any ideas?

Re: keybinding for C-[

[wlcna]

No responses?  Anyway, I was RTFMing and did find a way to capture ESC using 
the special "function key" for it that the docs mention, very interesting 
and very connected to my question - YET, nothing for C-[....

This did work though to set a key shortcut for ESC, meaning only when the 
actual ESC key is hit does this take place, and it does not take place when 
the c-[ is hit:

(global-set-key [escape] 'shell)

Of course, what I want is the opposite:  I don't care what the ESC key 
equates to, but I want to capture the C-[, meaning I type Ctrl-[ - I want 
that event.