Eugeny/tabby

Allow specifying custom $TERM for SSH connections

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#9,939 opened on Sep 17, 2024

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Discussed in https://github.com/Eugeny/tabby/discussions/9785

Originally posted by Admirall777 July 12, 2024 Hello. Established SSH connection with ViPNet Coordinator 4. Immediately upon connection, it displays the message: "No entry for terminal type" xterm-256color '; using dumb terminal settings". "Error opening terminal: xterm-256color" appears when attempting to execute the 'iplir view' command. tabby_error

On Coordinator 'echo $ TERM' issues' xterm-256color '. It turns out that the server produces 256 colors, but the client (tabby) cannot accept them. Everything works through Putty. putty_work

I use tabby-1.0.209-portable-x64 for Windows.

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Research direction
Inspect the SSH connection initialization code and add a configuration option to set the TERM environment variable.
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
cli
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Feature
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2
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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TypeScriptSSH
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75