goobyterm

Basically a GtkStack with two children: a WebKit2GTK WebView and VTE Terminal

I've found that beside the gaping security hole, having some server-side pty/websocket bridge available is not very satisfying.

Last I checked, Google's own chrome(ium) terminal 'app' cannot be tabbed; don't get me started on trying to get a native window area from Firefox, and Edge is right out- even with the recent switch to Blink. Solutions like GateOne are way too hamfisted; solutions like ttyd and gotty are difficult to modify for someone who isn't ready to dive into TSX/JSX, typescript, yarn, gulp, or anything NodeJS-related.

So, after a few days of beating my head against the Gtk API, I present to you: a browser with a terminal widget.

Hotkeys:

• ALT + 0..9 : switch to WebViews 0 - 9; 0 is the 'root' webview, always available, and cannot be closed
• ALT + e : show the 'dev log' in the main view area (see dev log below)
• ALT + j : triggers popup to select a WebView if you have more than 9; will still navigate to 0-9
• ALT + l : show a dialog with the contents of the 'dev log' (see dev log below)
• ALT + n : create a new WebView, show it, and set focus to the URL bar
• ALT + t : switch to VTE Terminal (running tmux)
• ALT + w : add/remove domains to the TLS whitelist
• ALT + u : set focus to the URL bar
• ALT + x : close the current WebView, IFF a WebView is currently visible and it's not the initial WV

dev log:

• As an alternative to console.log(), a custom function has been bound to the WebKit Javascript global environment.
  Actually, it's bound to window.external(_s_), where the only argument s is converted to a string.
  These strings are added to VTE Terminal instance managed by the application.
  The contents of the 'dev log' can be copied and cleared by buttons on the dialog.

• The last string passed is shown in the toolbar area of the application; all lines are displayed in a scrollable window
  dialog via the 'dev log' hot key (see Hotkeys above).

• The contents of the dev log can be cleared via a toolbar button on the dev log dialog

Builds on almost any recent-ish distro that has:

• pkg-config
• GTK3
• WebKit2Gtk
• VTE 2.91

I shudder to think what it would take to compile on Windows or OS-X.

config.h contains some macros that initialize certain internal data, like:

• app default width & height
• initial TLS domains whitelist
• favicon display size

Dependencies (Debian package names; others should be similar)

• pkg-config (for mk.sh)
• libgtk-3-dev
• libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev
• libvte-2.91-dev

mk.sh: Just a convenience script to call g++ and pkg-config with necessary flags
NB comment out the 'DEBUG=-g' line to build goobyterm without debugging symbols

./mk.sh <source file> <output executable name>

Should work 99% of the time OR

./mk.sh sync <source file> <output executable name>

For VTE versions having vte_terminal_spawn sync vs async

Enjoy!

Changelog: < 02-AUG-2019: initial workup 02-AUG-2019: added annunciator, changed URL entry hotkey 03-AUG-2019: updated config.h & annunciator; added 'dev-log' 03-AUG-2019: improved 'dev log' 05-AUG-2019: improved 'dev log'; factored out about:blank; updated README.md & Makefile