How do I bind a command to C-i without changing TAB?

Question

In emacs, I want to bind a command to C-i. So I put (global-set-key \"\\C-i\" \'forward-word)

in my .emacs file. This works, except now the TAB key is b

Answer 1

This solution, which is a sort of combination of the previous two, worked for me. In this particular case, I wanted to reassign C-i to previous-line. This solution preserves the functionality of TAB in the minibuffer. Note that TAB needs to be refined locally for the modes you use with a hook:

;  As mentioned in the other solution, C-i and TAB are the same character in ASCII.
;  We have to differentiate between the two and reassign each in a roundabout way.

; differentiate tab from C-i
(setq local-function-key-map (delq '(kp-tab . [9]) function-key-map))

;; Translate the problematic key to the function key Hyper:
(keyboard-translate ?\C-i ?\H-i)

;; Rebind accordingly
(global-set-key [?\H-i] 'previous-line)

; Finish by redefining tab for c-mode.
(defun my-c-mode-common-hook ()
 (local-set-key (kbd "") 'indent-for-tab-command)
    )

(add-hook 'c-mode-common-hook 'my-c-mode-common-hook)