[Vim iTerm Launcher] Launch a new iTerm window and run Vim in it #macOS #automation

iterm

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Run a command in a new iterm window, examples:
#
#   iterm vim ~/.vimrc

set -e
set -u
[ -n "${DEBUG:-}" ] && set -x || true

export LANG=C.UTF-8

COMMAND=
if [ "$#" != 0 ]; then
  COMMAND="$(printf '%q ' "$@")"
fi

osascript -l JavaScript -e 'function run(arg) {
  const iterm = Application("iTerm");
  const window = iterm.createWindowWithDefaultProfile();
  iterm.write(window.currentSession, {text: arg});
}' "$COMMAND"

iterm-vim-wrapper

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Vim launcher. Quits the parent shell when Vim quits.
#
# Examples:
#
#     iterm-vim-wrapper file
#
#     # edit clipboard in temp file clipboard.js
#     iterm-vim-wrapper --edit-clipboard js
#
#     # edit clipboard in temp file Car.java
#     iterm-vim-wrapper --edit-clipboard Car.java
#
#     # edit an empty scratch file scratch.js in a temp directory.
#     iterm-vim-wrapper --edit-scratch js
#
#     # edit an empty scratch file Car.java in a temp directory.
#     iterm-vim-wrapper --edit-scratch Car.java
#
# It can be used together with iterm, such as
#
#     iterm iterm-vim-wrapper --edit-clipboard

set -u
[ -n "${DEBUG:-}" ] && set -x || true

function vim_clipboard() {
  set -e

  local basename="$1"
  shift

  local arg="${1:-}"
  local dir="$(mktemp -d "$TMPDIR/edit-in-editor.XXXXX")"
  local file="$basename"

  case "x${arg}" in
    x.*) file="$file$arg";;
    *.*) file="$arg";;
    x) : ;;
    *) file="$file.$arg";;
  esac

  trap "rm -rf $dir" EXIT

  cd "$dir"
  if [ "$basename" = clipboard ]; then
    pbpaste > "$file"
    vim -n -b "$file" && pbcopy < "$file"
  else
    vim -n -b "$file"
  fi
}

if [ "${1:-}" = "--edit-clipboard" ]; then
  # Edit clipboard in vim. Replace the clipboard with the edited content.
  shift
  vim_clipboard clipboard "$@"
elif [ "${1:-}" = "--edit-scratch" ]; then
  # Edit an empty scratch file in a tempory directory
  shift
  vim_clipboard scratch "$@"
else
  vim "$@"
fi

# Kill the parent process (the shell) when Vim quits
kill -SIGUSR1 $PPID