Special keys (<up> <down> <end> etc) being misinterpreted on Hyper-V

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This issue was originally opened by @robleady as hashicorp/packer#10882. It was migrated here as a result of the Packer plugin split. The original body of the issue is below.

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When using certain special keys in the boot_command of a VM with the Hyper-V builder, they are being interpreted as numbers rather than the required key.

When booting a Debian 10.x UEFI installation, I use the following boot_command to move into the Install menu and edit the linux boot parameters.

e

The and keys are being interpreted as the numbers 2 and 1 respectively, which are the corresponding numbers on a number pad keyboard - ie the keys that would be pressed were numlock turned on.

This looks to be the same issue mentioned in hashicorp/packer#7315

As discussed in that previous issue, this can be worked around by surrounding each special key with and , however this is makes for a rather cumbersome build file.

Packer version 1.7.2

Snippet from build file:

source "hyperv-iso" "debian10-uefi" {
boot_command = ["e",
...
]
...
generation = 2
enable_secure_boot = "true"
secure_boot_template = "MicrosoftUEFICertificateAuthority"
}

Windows 10, x86_64, Hyper-V ISO builder.
Attempting to build a Debian 10.9 machine.

2021/04/07 15:55:55 packer.exe plugin: Special code 'Press' '' found, replacing with: &{[e0 50] [e0 d0]}
2021/04/07 15:55:56 packer.exe plugin: [INFO] Waiting 1s
2021/04/07 15:55:57 packer.exe plugin: Sending char 'e', code '1292', shift false
2021/04/07 15:55:58 packer.exe plugin: [INFO] Waiting 1s
2021/04/07 15:55:59 packer.exe plugin: Special code 'Press' '' found, replacing with: &{[e0 50] [e0 d0]}
2021/04/07 15:55:59 packer.exe plugin: Special code 'Press' '' found, replacing with: &{[e0 50] [e0 d0]}
2021/04/07 15:55:59 packer.exe plugin: Special code 'Press' '' found, replacing with: &{[e0 50] [e0 d0]}
2021/04/07 15:55:59 packer.exe plugin: Special code 'Press' '' found, replacing with: &{[e0 4f] [e0 cf]}
2021/04/07 15:56:00 packer.exe plugin: [INFO] Waiting 1s