From 07a69c52458fc51aa3ae56b2b8d46cf0e95a8218 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Tatham <anakin@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 18:36:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Configure the pty so that it agrees with our idea of whether
 Backspace sends ^H or ^?.

[originally from svn r2076]
---
 unix/pty.c | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/unix/pty.c b/unix/pty.c
index 0d7b7fe3..2a7abb68 100644
--- a/unix/pty.c
+++ b/unix/pty.c
@@ -235,6 +235,17 @@ static char *pty_init(char *host, int port, char **realhost, int nodelay)
     strncpy(name, ptsname(pty_master_fd), FILENAME_MAX-1);
 #endif
 
+    /*
+     * Set the backspace character to be whichever of ^H and ^? is
+     * specified by bksp_is_delete.
+     */
+    {
+	struct termios attrs;
+	tcgetattr(pty_master_fd, &attrs);
+	attrs.c_cc[VERASE] = cfg.bksp_is_delete ? '\177' : '\010';
+	tcsetattr(pty_master_fd, TCSANOW, &attrs);
+    }
+
     /*
      * Trap as many fatal signals as we can in the hope of having
      * the best chance to clean up utmp before termination.