iTerm
iTerm Info:

  • Home
  • News
  • FAQ
  • Download
  • Misc
  • Screenshots
  • Usage
  • Scripting
  • History
  • Extras
  • Localizations


    • Links:

  • Sourceforge project page
  • Request a feature
  • Submit a Bug

    • Google
    Web iterm.sourceforge.net


    SourceForge Logo     		Scripting support:
      iTerm has sophisticated Applescript support allowing one to write stand-alone scripts to launch the application and open multiple sessions from the addressbook into either new tabs or new windows. You can also set some other parameters for a session such as foreground and background colors, and transparency. Here is a sample script:

      -- A sample iTerm Applescript

      tell application "iTerm"
      activate

      -- close the first session
      terminate the first session of the first terminal

      -- make a new terminal
      set myterm to (make new terminal)

      -- talk to the new terminal
      tell myterm

      -- set size
      set number of columns to 100
      set number of rows to 50
      -- make a new session
      set mysession to (make new session at the end of sessions)

      -- talk to the session
      tell mysession

      -- set some attributes
      set name to "tcsh"
      set foreground color to "red"
      set background color to "blue"
      set transparency to "0.6"

      -- execute a command
      exec command "/bin/tcsh"

      end tell -- we are done talking to the session

      -- we are back to talking to the terminal

      -- launch a default shell in a new tab in the same terminal
      launch session "Default Session"

      -- launch a saved session from the addressbook.
      launch session "Root Shell"
      -- select the previous session
      select mysession
      -- get the tty name of a session
      set myttyname to the tty of the first session
      -- refer to a session by its tty/id
      tell session id myttyname
      set foreground color to "yellow"
      end tell

      end tell

      -- talk to the first terminal
      tell the first terminal

      -- launch a default shell in a new tab in the same terminal
      launch session "Default Session"

      tell the last session

      -- write some text
      write text "cd Projects/Cocoa/iTerm"
      -- write the contents of a file
      write contents of file "/path/to/file/"

      end tell

      end tell

      -- reposition window and name it
      set the bounds of the first window to {100, 100, 700, 700}
      set the name of the first window to "A Window Title"


      end tell

      These scripts can then be saved as stand-alone executable applications.
    Autolaunching script:
      iTerm also supports autolaunching of an Applescript on startup. On startup, iTerm looks for an Applescript called "AutoLaunch.scpt" under ~/Library/Application Support/iTerm. If it is found, the AutoLauch.scpt is launched and executed. This feature can be used to launch multiple sessions in defined windows and tabs when iTerm starts up.
    User defined scripts:
      iTerm also supports launching of user defined scripts from the "Scripts" menu. The scripts need to be stored under the "~/Library/Application Support/iTerm/Scripts" directory. You can create this directory if it does not already exist. iTerm checks this directory on startup.
    Some example scripts provided by users:

    Modified: Feb 1st, 2007
    Created: Dec 18th, 2002
    Fabian and Ujwal S. Setlur
    Support free software by writing one.