Added support for terminal type configuration

webssh/handler.py

@@ -412,7 +412,8 @@ class IndexHandler(MixinHandler, tornado.web.RequestHandler):
         except paramiko.BadHostKeyException:
             raise ValueError('Bad host key.')
 
-        chan = ssh.invoke_shell(term='xterm')
+        term = self.get_argument('term', u'') or u'xterm'
+        chan = ssh.invoke_shell(term=term)
         chan.setblocking(0)
         worker = Worker(self.loop, ssh, chan, dst_addr)
         worker.encoding = self.get_default_encoding(ssh)

webssh/static/js/main.js

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ jQuery(function($){
       button = $('.btn-primary'),
       form_container = $('.form-container'),
       waiter = $('#waiter'),
+      term_type = $('#term'),
       style = {},
       default_title = 'WebSSH',
       title_element = document.querySelector('title'),
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ jQuery(function($){
       key_max_size = 16384,
       fields = ['hostname', 'port', 'username'],
       form_keys = fields.concat(['password', 'totp']),
-      opts_keys = ['bgcolor', 'title', 'encoding', 'command'],
+      opts_keys = ['bgcolor', 'title', 'encoding', 'command', 'term'],
       url_form_data = {},
       url_opts_data = {},
       validated_form_data,
@@ -705,6 +706,7 @@ jQuery(function($){
       return;
     }
 
+    data.term = term_type.val();
     data._xsrf = _xsrf.value;
     if (event_origin) {
       data._origin = event_origin;
@@ -819,6 +821,10 @@ jQuery(function($){
   // console.log(url_form_data);
   // console.log(url_opts_data);
 
+  if (url_opts_data.term) {
+    term_type.val(url_opts_data.term);
+  }
+
   if (url_form_data.password === null) {
     log_status('Password via url must be encoded in base64.');
   } else {

webssh/templates/index.html

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
           <div class="col">
           </div>
         </div>
+        <input type="hidden" id="term" name="term" value="xterm-256color">
         {% module xsrf_form_html() %}
         <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Connect</button>
         <button type="reset" class="btn btn-danger">Reset</button>