Nano Deleting Backwards when SSHing into Linux Machines

The solution to a little problem was was annoying the heck out of me. When SSHing into Linux machines from my OS X laptop the Delete key in nano would forward-delete instead of backwards-delete, meaning that it would not delete the typing mistake I just made, but rather whatever text came after that point.

The solution: open the preferences in Terminal, go to the Advanced tab, and check on Delete sends Ctrl-H.

Log back into the Linux machine and backward-delete should be working in nano again.

Update: This only works with a version that has an Advanced tab, which may be a Leopard-only thing.