=== modified file 'termkey.c'
--- termkey.c	2012-01-26 10:07:23 +0000
+++ termkey.c	2012-01-26 10:06:05 +0000
@@ -217,8 +217,6 @@
   if(!tk)
     return NULL;
 
-  tk->fd = fd;
-
   if(!(flags & (TERMKEY_FLAG_RAW|TERMKEY_FLAG_UTF8))) {
     int locale_is_utf8 = 0;
     char *e;
@@ -238,7 +236,11 @@
       flags |= TERMKEY_FLAG_RAW;
   }
 
-  termkey_set_flags(tk, flags);
+  tk->fd    = fd;
+  tk->flags = flags;
+
+  if(flags & TERMKEY_FLAG_SPACESYMBOL)
+    tk->canonflags |= TERMKEY_CANON_SPACESYMBOL;
 
   tk->buffer = malloc(tk->buffsize);
   if(!tk->buffer)