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## 0.4.0
* Support `iTermfile` for easy per-project terminal definitions.
* Add tab coloring.
* Add options hashes to important blocks.

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Copyright (c) 2009 Chris Powers
Copyright (c) 2011 John Bintz
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the

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* A console ready for committing code or other maintenance tasks
* A log file or two
* Developed March 17, 2008 by Chris Powers
* Extended June 2011 and beyond by John Bintz and many others
Opening all the necessary terminals, starting the right processes in each, and making them easily identifiable
is a long, slow process when done by hand. But guess what -- computers can be used to automate processes that
otherwise would be laborious when done manually!
Enter *iTermWindow*, a terminal window/tab multiplexer and command runner for Mac OS X and iTerm, the really
awesome Terminal.app replacement. iTerm's scriptability and customization allows one to create complex
project configurations for one's terminal setups.
The `iterm-window` executable will open and run an `iTermfile` file in the current directory.
An `iTermfile` file looks like this:
``` ruby
open :dir => Dir.pwd do
default_tab :console
open_tab :rails, :color => :rails do
guard "-g rails"
end
open_tab :rspec, :color => :rspec do
guard "-g rspec"
end
open_tab :log, :color => "DDB" do
tail "+F -fr log/sphinx.log"
end
end
```
In a nutshell:
* `open` blocks open new iTerm windows.
* `current` blocks use the cirrent iTerm window.
* Inside `open` or `current` blocks you can open a new tab with `open_tab`.
* Specify a tab to be the selected tab with `default_tab`.
* Inside of a tab, you can write text into the terminal with `write_text`.
* Set the title of the tab with `set_title`.
* Or run a command magically (using `method_missing`).
`open_tab`, and `default_tab` can take an options hash:
* `:dir` changes to the given directory before executing commands.
* `:color` changes the window chrome and tab color to the given hex code (3 or 6 hex digits) or built-in color. See ItermWindow.colors for the list of available colors.
`open` can also take an options hash:
* `:dir` changes all tabs to the given directory before executing commands.
More docs coming soon! Also, look at `lib/iterm_window.rb` for more usage examples.
* Developed March 17, 2008 by Chris Powers
* Extended June 2011 and beyond by John Bintz and (hopefully) many others

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= iTermWindow
<em>Developed March 17, 2008 by Chris Powers</em>
The ItermWindow class models an iTerm terminal window and allows for full control via Ruby commands.
Under the hood, this class is a wrapper of iTerm's Applescript scripting API. Methods are used to
generate Applescript code which is run as an <tt>osascript</tt> command when the ItermWindow initialization
block is closed.
ItermWindow::Tab models a tab (session) in an iTerm terminal window and allows for it to be controlled by Ruby.
These tabs can be created with either the ItermWindow#open_bookmark method or the ItermWindow#open_tab
method. Each tab is given a name (symbol) by which it can be accessed later in the code using
the tab name as an ItermWindow method.
== EXAMPLE - Open a new iTerm window, cd to a project and open it in TextMate
require 'rubygems'
require 'chrisjpowers-iterm_window'
ItermWindow.open do
open_tab :my_tab do
write "cd ~/projects/my_project/trunk"
write "mate ./"
end
end
== EXAMPLE - Use the current iTerm window, cd to a project and open in TextMate, launch the server and the console and title them
ItermWindow.current do
open_tab :project_dir do
write "cd ~/projects/my_project/trunk"
write "mate ./"
set_title "MyProject Dir"
end
open_tab :server do
write "cd ~/projects/my_project/trunk"
write "script/server -p 3005"
set_title "MyProject Server"
end
open_tab :console do
write "cd ~/projects/my_project/trunk"
write "script/console"
set_title "MyProject Console"
end
end
== EXAMPLE - Same thing, but use bookmarks that were made for the server and console. Also, switch focus back to project dir.
ItermWindow.current do
open_tab :project_dir do
write "cd ~/projects/my_project/trunk"
write "mate ./"
end
open_bookmark :server, 'MyProject Server'
open_bookmark :console, 'MyProject Console'
project_dir.select
== EXAMPLE - Arbitrarily open two tabs, switch between them and run methods/blocks with Tab#select method and Tab#write directly
ItermWindow.open do
open_tab :first_tab
open_tab :second_tab
first_tab.select do
write 'cd ~/projects'
write 'ls'
end
second_tab.write "echo 'hello there!'"
first_tab.select # brings first tab back to focus
end
Also, you get <tt>tab_color</tt> to change the color of the tab itself. Give it a hex value like <tt>F73</tt> or <tt>F7F3F1</tt>.

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Gem::Specification.new do |s|
s.name = 'iterm_window'
s.name = 'itermwindow'
s.version = '0.4.0'
s.authors = [ 'Chris Powers', 'John Bintz' ]
s.date = Time.now
s.homepage = 'http://github.com/johnbintz/iterm_window'
s.email = [ 'chrisjpowers@gmail.com', 'john@coswellproductions.com' ]
s.summary = 'The ItermWindow class models an iTerm terminal window and allows for full control via Ruby commands.'
s.files = ['README.rdoc', 'LICENSE', 'lib/iterm_window.rb']
s.files = ['README.md', 'LICENSE', 'CHANGELOG.md', 'lib/iterm_window.rb']
s.require_paths = ["lib"]
s.has_rdoc = true
s.executables << "iterm-window"