GNU bug report logs - #12976
24.2; C-c i is bound to custom function, but in a term buffer it gets bound to ido-insert-file

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Message #13 received at 12976-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Joseph Mingrone <jrm <at> ftfl.ca>, 12976-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12976: 24.2;
 C-c i is bound to custom function, but in a term buffer it gets bound
 to ido-insert-file
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 09:52:46 +0800

On 2012-11-24 11:43 +0800, Glenn Morris wrote:
> Now `C-c i' is bound to insert-file. I guess this is because
> term-escape-char = C-c, and term-raw-escape-map has Control-X-prefix as
> parent keymap. I don't know what, if anything, to do about this.

I consider this not a bug.

This is how term.el works because it has drastically different key
bindings. Thus it gives the user C-c to invoke those critical commands
on the C-x prefix, or you will be trapped in term-mode forever.
User-defined commands are secondary in this scenario.

Leo

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