gistfile1.applescript

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-- This script creates a new terminal window.
-- 
-- If you disable "When switching to an application, switch to a space with
-- open windows" in the Spaces preferences, the new terminal window will
-- appear on the current workspace.
-- 
-- Terminal.app creates a new window on startup, so we need to check if it's
-- already running and not create an extra window in that case.
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-- if application "Terminal" is running then
-- 	activate application "Terminal"
-- 	tell application "System Events"
-- 		tell process "Terminal"
-- 			click menu item "New Window" of menu "Shell" of menu bar 1
-- 		end tell
-- 	end tell
-- else
-- 	-- Starting Terminal creates a new window
-- 	activate application "Terminal"
-- end if

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-- Pretty much as above, except using iTerm.
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if application "iTerm" is running then
	tell application "iTerm"
		set myterm to (make new terminal)
		tell myterm
			launch session "Default Session"
		end tell
		activate current session
	end tell
else
	activate application "iTerm"
end if