From b62910e8cfd2aea6f7c2cf589335c22fcd68873b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Liam Galvin <liam@liam-galvin.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 13:00:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add alt backspace

---
 gui/input.go | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gui/input.go b/gui/input.go
index 33673bf..d249fcf 100644
--- a/gui/input.go
+++ b/gui/input.go
@@ -227,7 +227,11 @@ func (gui *GUI) key(w *glfw.Window, key glfw.Key, scancode int, action glfw.Acti
 				})
 			}
 		case glfw.KeyBackspace:
-			gui.terminal.Write([]byte{0x08})
+			if modsPressed(mods, glfw.ModAlt) {
+				gui.terminal.Write([]byte{0x17}) // ctrl-w/delete word
+			} else {
+				gui.terminal.Write([]byte{0x8})
+			}
 		case glfw.KeyUp:
 			if modStr != "" {
 				gui.terminal.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("\x1b[1;%sA", modStr)))