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import iterm2
import iterm2.tmux
async def main(connection):
# This is an example of using an asyncio context manager to register a custom control
# sequence. You can send a custom control sequence by issuing this command in a
# terminal session in iTerm2 while this script is running:
#
# printf "\033]1337;Custom=id=%s:%s\a" "shared-secret" "create-window"
# printf "\033]1337;Custom=id=%s:%s(\"%s\")\a" "shared-secret" "switch-session" "Default Session"
async with iterm2.CustomControlSequenceMonitor(
connection, "shared-secret", r"^switch-session\((?P<session_name>[^)]+)\)$"
) as mon:
while True:
match = await mon.async_get()
desired_session_name = match.group("session_name").strip('"')
print(f"Received command with argument: '{desired_session_name}'")
tmux_connections = await iterm2.tmux.async_get_tmux_connections(connection)
for t in tmux_connections:
session_name = await t.async_send_command("display-message -p '#S'")
print(
f"Comparing '{desired_session_name}' with session name '{session_name}'."
)
if session_name == desired_session_name:
print(
"Found a match, closing exiting tab and switching to tmux session"
)
print(
f"Now seearching for tab with connection id '{t.connection_id}'"
)
app = await iterm2.async_get_app(connection)
active_tab = None
for window in app.windows:
for tab in window.tabs:
print(
f"Comparing tab '{tab.tab_id}' with tmux connection id '{tab.tmux_connection_id}'"
)
if tab.tmux_connection_id == t.connection_id:
print("Found tab.")
active_tab = window.current_tab
break
if active_tab is not None:
await active_tab.async_activate()
await app.current_terminal_window.current_tab.async_close()
else:
print("Didn't find match")
# This instructs the script to run the "main" coroutine and to keep running even after it returns.
iterm2.run_forever(main)
#!/usr/bin/env bash
printf "\033]1337;Custom=id=%s:%s(\"%s\")\a" "shared-secret" "switch-session" "My Test Session"
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