Custom Terminal / Editor

[Mozart409]

Hello,

I would like to open the source files in Terminus and Micro. Is there a way to configure this? Thank you

[johnlindquist]

Oh sweet! I didn't know about those.

Terminal and iTerm both require AppleScript to launch and then write commands (examples below).

If you can find any AppleScript for launching Terminus and/or Micro, I'd be happy to add it to the project. Use "Script Editor" (an AppleScript editor that's on every mac) to test the scripts.

Terminal

tell application "Terminal"
  do script "echo hi"
  activate
end tell

iTerm

tell application "iTerm"
    if application "iTerm" is running then
        try
            tell the first window to create tab with default profile
        on error
            create window with default profile
        end try
    end if

    delay 0.1

    tell the first window to tell current session to write text "echo hi"
    activate
end tell

[Mozart409]

Can we expect, that user has micro installed and already added to their path? So you can run micro anywhere? If not then this would be way trickier

[johnlindquist]

1. I check to see which terminals are added to the path before prompting someone to select a default terminal
2. I avoid scripts that type the "Enter" key. Because it's async and errors do/will occur, you never know what you're really going to hit "Enter" on.

[Mozart409]

1. I check to see which terminals are added to the path before prompting someone to select a default terminal

2. I avoid scripts that type the "Enter" key. Because it's async and errors do/will occur, you never know what you're really going to hit "Enter" on.

1. Ok so that part should be handled
2. Yeah, you are right. That is a problem. I will some more time to fix this. I will reply tomorrow...

Good night/day where ever you are

[Mozart409]

Its seems to be impossible to control terminus via the "do script" routine. Terminus does not have the functions build in to do that. I will focus on the texteditor micro now.

[johnlindquist]

I saw a comment with a mention of a "run cli". If there's any way to do terminus "echo hi", then that would work too.