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Mark Edgar wrote:
> C-/ is a key sequence, but it is not a character sequence.  The 
> character sequence Emacs expects is the single character with octal 
> value 037.  Almost all terminals send this character when the key 
> sequence C-_ is typed.  Many terminals also send this sequence when 
> typing C-- (unshifted _) or C-7 or sometimes even C-/.  The Windows 
> Console "terminal" supports none of these extra key sequences.
> 
> If you really miss typing C-/, I recommend using PuTTYcyg instead of the 
> console window.

It was also doing this for rxvt.  I'll take a look at PuTTYcyg, though. 
  I just want a functional terminal without having to run X.

Thanks,
James

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