--- /dev/null	2010-01-24 09:36:47.000000000 +0000
+++ etc/inputrc	2010-01-24 09:36:29.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+set meta-flag on
+set input-meta on
+set convert-meta off
+set output-meta on
+
+"\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
+"\e[5C": forward-word
+"\e[5D": backward-word
+
+# fix Home and End for German users
+"\e[7~": beginning-of-line
+"\e[8~": end-of-line
+