From: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: install/29159: Insert Home End Keys does not work
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 10:30:48 +0000


 On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 09:48:00AM +0000, zafer@gmx.org wrote:
 > >Number:         29159
 > >Synopsis:       Insert Home End Keys does not work
 ...
 > I'm using a standart PC Keyboard with 102 Keys.
 > There are six Keys in a block next to the Number Pad (Insert, Home,
 > PageUP, Delete, End, PageDown).
 > After a fresh default install on i386 the Keys Insert, Home, End Keys
 > does not work neither on Console nor on any other virtual Console
(ttyE*).
 > If pressed using csh as shell they are printing this:
 > Insert: ^[[2~
 > Home: ^[[7~
 > End: ^[[8~
 > Delete: works
 > Arrow-UP: ^[[A
 > Arrow-Down: ^[[B
 > Arrow-Left: ^[[D
 > Arrow-Right: ^[[C

 
 >That looks fine to me - those keys generate a sequence of bytes, not a
 >single value.  What did you expect to happen?

 
 > If pressed using bash or ksh as shell they are printing this:
 > Insert: ~
 > Home: ~
 > Delete: works
 > End: ~
 > Arrow-Keys (bash): work all
 > Arrow-Keys (ksh): only left & right work

 
> Ah command history editing......
> That all depends on the program that is reading the keyboard.

 
> csh history editing doesn't use the cursor keys.
> The other shells (sh, ksh and bash) have both 'emacs' and 'vi' type
> history editing - but have their own implementations.

 
DL> I'm not sure what you expect some of those keys to do!

At least, what they're meant for. I just want a working Keyboard. That
means, if I press Home, I expect that the Cursor goes to Position One in the
Line and if I press END I expect, that the cursor goes to the End of Line,
Vice versa with Insert and Delete. It's the same, like if I press "a" I
expect to see the Letter "a". 
I thought a working Keyboard is naturally. And I expected this by default.
If you say, this depends on the shell used, then I expect, that all shells
work properly, which is again self-evident. 

Please fix this.

Regards, Zafer.