iterm2magic

t is for terminal. iTerm2 automated configuration


Keywords
terminal, iterm, iterm2, setup, magic, development, administration, build, test
License
GPL-3.0
Install
pip install iterm2magic==0.1.0

Documentation

iterm-magic: t is for terminal

iTerm2 automated configuration. Stop configuring your terminals or setting up your environment.

iterm-magic is a very simple utility that allows you to define your terminal configurations and layout for a specific project and run specific commands in each properly named tabs. t keeps track of terminals and processes it creates and allows you to shut everything down gracefully or forcefully.

Be in control of your setup, trust it, forget about it and focus on your tasks.

Usage

Usage: iterm-magic [OPTIONS] COMMAND

iTerm2 automated configuration

Commands:
  start		Start commands in named tabs or named configuration
  stop		Stop commands and close opened tabs / windows
  help		display this page

Example

$ t start "docker-compose up@docker" "cd front;yarn start@front" "cd back;yarn start@back"

Will create a new iTerm window with 3 tabs:

  • The first tab will be named docker and will run docker-compose up
  • The second tab will be named front and will go to the front subdirectory and run yarn start
  • The third tab will be named back and will go to the back subdirectory and run yarn start

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This is simple and keeps me motivated to make improvements

System Dependencies

iterm-magic relies on the iterm2 python package
iterm2 relies on iTerm 3.3.10 or higher
iTerm python scripting API must be enabled
Follow the tutorial here that will guide you to enable it

Installation

t can be installed with pip:

$ pip install iterm-magic

Alternatively, you can grab the latest source code from GitHub:

$ git clone git://github.com/michakfromparis/iterm-magic.git
$ cd iterm-magic
$ python setup.py install

Documentation

Documentation Status

iterm-magic has usage and reference documentation at iterm-magic.readthedocs.io.
Say Thanks! This is simple and keeps me motivated to make improvements

Contributing

iterm-magic happily accepts contributions. Please see our contributing documentation for some tips on getting started.

Security Disclosures

To report a security vulnerability, please use the Tidelift security contact.
Tidelift will coordinate the fix and disclosure with maintainers.

Maintainers

Credits

Infinite thanks to George Nachman (@gnachman) for brewing OSX's favorite terminal for so many years and opening the scripting API to python after years of solid AppleScripting (not sure solid was the right word).