Re: [TxMt] Re: Open Terminal

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Is there a way to modify the Open Terminal command so that it uses tabs with Terminal.app? I have been trying to do this but my applescript-fu is weak. :/

I see there is plenty of support for this in the scripting dictionary, but I also don’t get AppleScript.

I tried first:

tell app "Terminal" to return tabs of first window

This worked fine, so then I tried:

tell app "Terminal" to make new tab in first window

That gave me:

Terminal got an error: Can’t make or move that element into that

container. (-10024)

And then I gave up :)

Giving up is correct behavior! :))) The whole frustration with AppleScript is that you have no way of knowing whether a feature is implemented ("Is it possible to script the Terminal to make tabs in a window?") and, if so, what the syntax is for making it happen.

I believe the matter at hand (unless I've misunderstood - I haven't really been following along) has been pretty well discussed here:

http://onrails.org/articles/2007/11/28/scripting-the-leopard-terminal

Haha. The author ends up recommending a variant of the same hack I settled for:

Tell application "System Events" to tell process "Terminal" to keystroke "t" using command down

What a disappointment! And why does "make" fail here? Ah well...

Best, Mark