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Alternate to: An AppleScript to spawn multiple Terminal windows
Authored by: snuff on Jun 11, '07 09:33:50AM

I too open multiple terminal windows daily to connect to different systems. What I've done is connect to the servers using "File -> Connect to Server...". Save each of the individual windows after assigning them their colors and size. I do this with a total of 9 windows with distinct colors for each type of server; eg. 5 mail relays white on blue, black on orange for a centralized logging system, black on yellow for local, green on black for an admin server, etc.

Once I have the saved connections for each I close them all, then open them in the order I want them numbered, position them on the screen where I want each, then do another file-save, this time choosing to save "All Windows" and naming the saved file as "-morning.term".

Now, when I launch terminal in the morning I just do a cmd-O and hit enter (the "-morning.term" is the first entry in my list). All my windows open, with the color I want, the right size, and the desired position. Also, because I opened them in the specific order I wanted before saving "-morning.term" I can now switch to them quickly using cmd-1, cmd-2, etc.

You could also...
-Save -morning.term to open automatically when you open terminal. (I don't since I'm on a laptop and not always on the right network.)
-If you're using SSH, setup to automatically login to the server.



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