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  • According to your question on Emacs, pressing Ctrl+; sends ; to Emacs, so nothing is capturing it, what's happening is that Ctrl+; and bare ; send the same information. Which one is it: capture (i.e. Emacs receives nothing), or loss of information (i.e. Emacs receives ;)? Commented Oct 12, 2014 at 17:21
  • there is no standard code for C-; in terminal. What happens if you type C-v C-; in plain bash? Commented Oct 12, 2014 at 17:33
  • @Gilles I see ; in emacs -nw irrespectively whether I hit ; or C-;. Commented Oct 12, 2014 at 17:43
  • @artm bash just like emacs prints just bare ;. Commented Oct 12, 2014 at 17:45