The following reply was made to PR install/29159; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Zafer Aydogan" <zafer@gmx.org>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: install/29159: Insert Home End Keys does not work
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 19:45:54 +0100 (MET)

 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.