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@j-c-m j-c-m commented Oct 17, 2025 •
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WORKING:
tell application "Ghostty" to create window
tell application "Ghostty" to create tab

tell application "Ghostty" to create window command "btop"
tell application "Ghostty" to create tab command "btop"

tell application "Ghostty" to create window command "btop" with wait
tell application "Ghostty" to create tab command "btop" with wait

use initialInput not command for no wait to override:

ghostty/src/apprt/embedded.zig

Lines 511 to 517 in dffa4f4

if (opts.command) |c_command| {
const cmd = std.mem.sliceTo(c_command, 0);
if (cmd.len > 0) {
config.command = .{ .shell = cmd };
config.@"wait-after-command" = true;
}
}

overrides config.waitForCommand when command is set.

NOT-WORKING:
Added some applicable standard definitions stubs from
/System/Library/ScriptingDefinitions/CocoaStandard.sdef

@j-c-m
applescript 'new window' , 'new tab' command
28f333e 
tried using

@objc func scriptNewWindow(_ command: NSScriptCommand) -> Any? {}

in AppDelegate first and could not get it work, apparently this
unreliable with swift

switched to

class *: NSScriptCommand and it works.
@j-c-m j-c-m changed the title AppleScript macOS: AppleScript Oct 17, 2025
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Add some standard scripting definitions to Ghostty
fa97ec8 
Source:

/System/Library/ScriptingDefinitions/CocoaStandard.sdef

Non-Working.
@j-c-m j-c-m force-pushed the applescript branch 2 times, most recently from 6a1eb6a to 4faf540 Compare October 18, 2025 16:09
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sdef stubs + add command parameter
b40782c 
add tabs and save options stubs to sdef to silence erorrs.

add command parameter to create window & tab

Still getting with waitAfterCommand = false

Process exited. Press any key to close the terminal.
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Add wait parameter, use initialInput for nowait.
f6e29e0 
maybe I should always use initialInput style?

tell application "Ghostty" to create window command "btop"
tell application "Ghostty" to create window command "btop" with wait
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j-c-m commented Oct 18, 2025

ghostty/macos/Sources/Features/App Intents/NewTerminalIntent.swift

Lines 68 to 72 in be0da48

// We don't run command as "command" and instead use "initialInput" so
// that we can get all the login scripts to setup things like PATH.
if let command {
config.initialInput = "\(command); exit\n"
}

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Use initialInput style for both.
245858d 
Not sure if this is correct.
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