diff -ur nano-cvs/src/winio.c nano-new/src/winio.c
--- nano-cvs/src/winio.c	2006-12-03 11:37:48.000000000 +0100
+++ nano-new/src/winio.c	2006-12-16 15:00:01.000000000 +0100
@@ -925,11 +925,15 @@
 				   * xterm. */
 			case 'B': /* Esc [ 1 ; 5 B == Ctrl-Down on
 				   * xterm. */
+			    retval = get_escape_seq_abcd(seq[4]);
+			    break;
 			case 'C': /* Esc [ 1 ; 5 C == Ctrl-Right on
 				   * xterm. */
+			    retval = NANO_NEXTWORD_KEY;
+			    break;
 			case 'D': /* Esc [ 1 ; 5 D == Ctrl-Left on
 				   * xterm. */
-			    retval = get_escape_seq_abcd(seq[4]);
+			    retval = NANO_PREVWORD_KEY;
 			    break;
 		    }
 		}
@@ -1164,9 +1168,7 @@
 	}
     }
 
-#ifdef DEBUG
     fprintf(stderr, "get_escape_seq_kbinput(): retval = %d\n", retval);
-#endif
 
     return retval;
 }