--- a/sources/control-images/lfs-bootstrap/mnt/build/readline.sh	Sun Nov 14 14:45:01 2010 -0600
+++ b/sources/control-images/lfs-bootstrap/mnt/build/readline.sh	Wed Nov 17 22:09:19 2010 -0600
@@ -10,5 +10,44 @@
 then
   mkdir /usr/share/doc/readline &&
   install -m644 doc/*.ps doc/*.pdf doc/*.html doc/*.dvi \
-    /usr/share/doc/readline
+    /usr/share/doc/readline || exit 1
 fi
+
+cat > /etc/inputrc << "EOF"
+# Allow the command prompt to wrap to the next line
+set horizontal-scroll-mode Off
+
+# Enable 8bit input
+set meta-flag On
+set input-meta On
+
+# Turns off 8th bit stripping
+set convert-meta Off
+
+# Keep the 8th bit for display
+set output-meta On
+
+# none, visible or audible
+set bell-style none
+
+# All of the following map the escape sequence of the value
+# contained in the 1st argument to the readline specific functions
+"\eOd": backward-word
+"\eOc": forward-word
+
+# for linux console
+"\e[1~": beginning-of-line
+"\e[4~": end-of-line
+"\e[5~": beginning-of-history
+"\e[6~": end-of-history
+"\e[3~": delete-char
+"\e[2~": quoted-insert
+
+# for xterm
+"\eOH": beginning-of-line
+"\eOF": end-of-line
+
+# for Konsole
+"\e[H": beginning-of-line
+"\e[F": end-of-line
+EOF