Option to open in new window, or open multiple windows

[alesdotio]

Hey, neat little app! It would be really cool if you could add some more options though. I would personally like if there was a way to open new terminal windows instead of tabs, or to even have one menu entry open multiple windows.

For example:

"hosts": [
    {
        "name": "My Dev Server",
        "windows": [
            "ssh username@dev.example.com;",
            "cd ~/my-projects/whatever/;"
        ]
    },
]

which would open two windows, one sshing to the server and the other opening a local directory.

[getify]

+1.

BTW, I just remembered the -t option of SSH that allows you to do something like change the remote directory after login, which in the case of an SSH automation like this, is quite helpful.

So, I do:

{
   "name": "me@myserver:path/to/dir"
   "cmd": "ssh me@myserver -t 'cd path/to/dir; bash --login'"
}

[harrisonpage]

A feature to open new terminal windows, instead of tabs, would be awesomes.

[fitztrev]

This should probably just be a matter of reworking the AppleScript a little bit to change how new sessions are handled. When I wrote it, I only accommodated tabs.

[mikecastrodemaria]

+1

To launch app and close terminal for example

"cmd": "open -a Firefox 'https://myserv.admin.com'; osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to tell process "Terminal" to keystroke "w" using command down'

[gregoryb]

+1

[HirnHolzHobler]

+1

Any changes to this issue? Your App is pretty neat, and almost exactly what I searched for a long time but I really don't like Tabs when it comes to terminal sessions.

[h-code]

+1

with iTerm2 I try the hidden pref
defaults write com.googlecode.iterm2 OpenFileInNewWindows -bool true

It works for file not for shuttle

[thshdw]

@alesdotio see pull request #104
adding isNewWindow: true to the command settings will open that command in a new window

                            "name": "check shuttle process",
                            "isNewWindow": "true",
                            "cmd": "ps aux | grep [s]huttle"

[DemonTPx]

👍

[thshdw]

Complete! See release v1.2.3

[timothyallan]

Is there no option to open in tabs any more with 1.2.4?? I loved that. Now it either spits the command into the existing terminal, or opens a brand new instance which clutters up my environment depending on the inTerminal flag.

[thshdw]

@timothyallan If the inTerminal flag is missing then the default action is tabs. With the new version (if you are using iTerm, you must have the the "iTerm_version": "stable", setting set to nightly or stable I'm working on the readme to explain all the new settings. Please let me know if you have questions.

[timothyallan]

That's why I'm here :) I got the new version, and noticed that it no longer opened new tabs. It would inject the next command into my currently open terminal window. I'd left my settings the same i.e. no inTerminal flag, as I'd not read the release notes and didn't even about it.

Edit: as I type this, I'm trying again it it's opening in tabs now. Let me see if I can get a repro.

[thshdw]

@timothyallan Thanks for the update! 👍
Are you using iTerm or Terminal.app?

Here is a draft of readme that explains the new settings:
https://github.com/thshdw/shuttle/blob/fix-editor-settings/README.md
Note the open_in setting is not in v1.2.4

edit:
Here is the default shuttle.json file as of version 1.2.4...
https://github.com/fitztrev/shuttle/blob/master/Shuttle/shuttle.default.json

[stephenhandley]

Looks like the original issue mentioned opening multiple windows/tabs with a single menu entry, but I couldn't find anything in the Command Settings wiki page describing the syntax for that. Is that supported?

[thshdw]

@stephenhandley see here https://github.com/fitztrev/shuttle/wiki/Command-Settings#interminal-value

"inTerminal": "new",

new opens the command in a new terminal window.

If this is not what you are looking for could you provide an example of what you would like to accomplish?

[stephenhandley]

@thshdw Thanks but I don't think that answers my question. I'm asking how to open 2 windows with one menu entry. For example, I want to open an ssh tunnel in one window and then run psql ... in another by selecting a single menu entry in shuttle. I see don't anything in the docs or the section you linked that describes how to do that.

[thshdw]

@stephenhandley are you running the postgres command on the same server you are ssh'ing too?

[stephenhandley]

@thshdw nope running it locally. again this is just one example, I could think of others: open docker logs in one window and run tests in another

[thshdw]

@stephenhandley Thanks for clarifying. Are you using iTerm and want these in multiple panes? Or are you using terminal and want them in separate windows?

[stephenhandley]

@thshdw i'm using terminal. multiple tabs within the same window would be awesome, but multiple windows works if the former isn't possible.

[thshdw]

@stephenhandley How would you feel about moving the conversation here: #172

[stephenhandley]

@thshdw sounds good.