From 331ecd8f9327008f64e10a82bccab8be958bce9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Imms <daimms@microsoft.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 21:14:07 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add useFlowControl option

Fixes #511
---
 src/xterm.js | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/xterm.js b/src/xterm.js
index 99540891db..d031b311a0 100644
--- a/src/xterm.js
+++ b/src/xterm.js
@@ -360,7 +360,8 @@ Terminal.defaults = {
   screenKeys: false,
   debug: false,
   cancelEvents: false,
-  disableStdin: false
+  disableStdin: false,
+  useFlowControl: false
   // programFeatures: false,
   // focusKeys: false,
 };
@@ -1449,7 +1450,7 @@ Terminal.prototype.write = function(data) {
   // Send XOFF to pause the pty process if the write buffer becomes too large so
   // xterm.js can catch up before more data is sent. This is necessary in order
   // to keep signals such as ^C responsive.
-  if (!this.xoffSentToCatchUp && this.writeBuffer.length >= WRITE_BUFFER_PAUSE_THRESHOLD) {
+  if (this.options.useFlowControl && !this.xoffSentToCatchUp && this.writeBuffer.length >= WRITE_BUFFER_PAUSE_THRESHOLD) {
     // XOFF - stop pty pipe
     // XON will be triggered by emulator before processing data chunk
     this.send(C0.DC3);