Saner ansi-term in emacs

I like ansi-term in emacs. It is the closest to a "real" terminal, offering all the goodness that bash, zsh, or whatever your favorite shell can give you. However, you definitely lose a few things in going to it. The following emacs code restores at least the things I find most useful: dabbrev-completion, yanking, and correct colors.

When you use this code, note that dabbrev-completion is C-c /, and yanking is C-c C-y.

	(defun ash-term-hooks ()
	;; dabbrev-expand in term
	(define-key term-raw-escape-map "/"
	(lambda ()
	(interactive)
	(let ((beg (point)))
	(dabbrev-expand nil)
	(kill-region beg (point)))
	(term-send-raw-string (substring-no-properties (current-kill 0)))))
	;; yank in term (bound to C-c C-y)
	(define-key term-raw-escape-map "\C-y"
	(lambda ()
	(interactive)
	(term-send-raw-string (current-kill 0))))
	(setq term-default-bg-color (face-background 'default))
	(setq term-default-fg-color (face-foreground 'default)))
	(add-hook 'term-mode-hook 'ash-term-hooks)

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