I'm very new to emacs and essentially came from vim where it is not possible to bind CTRL-num combination like (CTRL-1, CTRL-2, etc) which as well as CTRL-SHIFT-xxx like CTRL-# which essentially works as simply #.
Is something like this possible in emacs?
It is perfectly possible to bind C-digit, at least in a "graphical terminal". In a text terminal, things may be different because the terminal may itself generate characters from a key combo, which then can't be seen by emacs. See this answer for discussion and links.
Actually, C-0, C-1 etc are already bound in the global map, as can be seen with the command describe-key:
M-x describe-key CTRL 1
C-1 runs the command digit-argument (found in global-map), which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in ‘simple.el’.
It is bound to C-9, C-8, C-7, C-6, C-5, C-4, C-3, C-2, C-1, C-0, ESC 0..9, C-M-9, C-M-8, C-M-7, C-M-6, C-M-5, C-M-4, C-M-3, C-M-2, C-M-1, C-M-0.
(digit-argument ARG)
Part of the numeric argument for the next command. C-u following digits or minus sign ends the argument.
You can rebind it, eg:
(global-set-key [(control ?1)] 'save-buffer)
You can do the same for #:
(global-set-key [(control ?#)] 'save-buffer)
For information on how to rebind keys, see the elisp manual chapter on keymaps.
