Make `C-{up,down,left,right}' work in term mode

* lisp/term.el (term-raw-map): Define C-{up,down,left,right}
to send the same escape sequence that xterm sends.  This makes
backward-word and forward-word work in readline (bug#16746).

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index cf121d0eec3..ce84b48e9ab 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1543,6 +1543,10 @@ symbol-function was changed not to signal `void-function' any more.
 ** Comint, term, and compile do not set the EMACS env var any more.
 Use the INSIDE_EMACS environment variable instead.
 
+** `C-up', `C-down', `C-left' and `C-right' are now defined in term
+mode to send the same escape sequences that xterm does.  This makes
+things like forward-word in readline work.
+
 +++
 ** `save-excursion' does not save&restore the mark any more.
 Use `save-mark-and-excursion' if you want the old behavior.