Run vim in a new iterm tab

iterm-vim.rb

#!/usr/bin/ruby

require 'tempfile'

APPLESCRIPT = <<EOF
tell application "iTerm"
  activate

  tell the first terminal
    set new_session to (make new session at the end of sessions)

    tell new_session
      exec command $COMMAND
    end tell
  end tell
end tell
EOF

def quote(arg)
  arg = arg.gsub('\\', '\\\\')
  arg = arg.gsub('"', '\\"')
  "\"#{arg}\""
end

vim = `which vim`.chomp
command = [vim, *ARGV].map { |a| quote(a) }.join(' ')

Tempfile.open(File.basename(__FILE__)) do |fh|
  fh.puts APPLESCRIPT.sub('$COMMAND', quote(command))
  fh.flush

  system '/usr/bin/osascript', fh.path
end