From 797dcc2369a0ff15bc3a36c01d0489a1e4a3d721 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Jeffrey <chjjeffrey@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 06:03:40 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] do not use nextTick to wait for flush.

---
 lib/program.js | 15 ++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/program.js b/lib/program.js
index 63bfad1..7feb3ab 100644
--- a/lib/program.js
+++ b/lib/program.js
@@ -1598,7 +1598,9 @@ Program.prototype._write = function(text) {
 // Example: `DCS tmux; ESC Pt ST`
 // Real: `DCS tmux; ESC Pt ESC \`
 Program.prototype._twrite = function(data) {
-  var self = this;
+  var self = this
+    , iterations = 0
+    , timer;
 
   if (this.tmux) {
     // Replace all STs with BELs so they can be nested within the DCS code.
@@ -1610,10 +1612,13 @@ Program.prototype._twrite = function(data) {
     // If we've never even flushed yet, it means we're still in
     // the normal buffer. Wait for alt screen buffer.
     if (this.output.bytesWritten === 0) {
-      nextTick(function() {
-        self.flush();
-        self.output.write(data);
-      });
+      timer = setInterval(function() {
+        if (self.output.bytesWritten > 0 || ++iterations === 50) {
+          clearInterval(timer);
+          self.flush();
+          self.output.write(data);
+        }
+      }, 100);
       return true;
     }