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open a file in vim within an iTerm2 tab
-- TerminalVim.app
-- This creates a shim Application that will enable you to open files from the Finder in vim using iTerm
-- To use this script:
-- 1. Open Automator and create a new Application
-- 2. Add the "Run Applescript" action
-- 3. Paste this script into the Run Applescript section
-- 4. Save the application as TerminalVim.app in your Applications folder
-- 5. In the Finder, right click on a file and select "Open With". In that window you can set TerminalVim as a default
on run {input, parameters}
if input is not in {} then
set myPath to POSIX path of input
set cmd to "vim " & quote & myPath & quote
end if
tell application "iTerm"
if it is running then
-- This is in the case where Iterm is open and no window is open.
if (count windows) is 0 then
create window with profile "Default"
tell current window
tell current session
write text (cmd)
end tell
end tell
activate
else
tell current window
-- We create a separate tab to the current window
create tab with profile "Default"
tell current session
write text (cmd)
end tell
end tell
activate
end if
else
-- At startup of iTerm...
tell application "iTerm"
-- We do not create a tab since we know it's at startup
tell current window
tell current session
write text (cmd)
end tell
end tell
activate
end tell
end if
end tell
end run
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