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# Inspired by: 
# - Re-size and Move with Escape Sequences, http://www.osxfaq.com/tips/unix-tricks/week99/monday.ws
# - Define Aliases and Functions, http://www.osxfaq.com/tips/unix-tricks/week99/tuesday.ws
# - Focus and Dock with Escape Sequences, http://www.osxfaq.com/Tips/unix-tricks/week99/wednesday.ws
# Author: Adrian Mayo, http://101.1dot1.com and http://www.peachpit.com/title/0321374118
# also see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code
#           man bash | less -p PROMPTING     # navigate by pressing n or N


function title() { if [[ $# -eq 1 && -n "$@" ]]; then printf "\e]0;${@}\a"; fi; return 0; }     #  xterm control sequence: \e]0; ... \a
function title() { if [[ -n "$@" ]]; then printf "\033]0;${1}\007"; fi; return 0; }
function docktw() { printf "\e[2t"; return 0; }
function docktw() { printf "\e[2t"; sleep 5; printf "\e[5t"; return 0; }
function bgtw() { printf "\e[6t"; return 0; }
function bgtw() { printf "\e[6t"; sleep 5; printf "\e[5t"; return 0; }    # background the Terminal window

title 'Hello, world!'
docktw
bgtw


# positive integer test (including zero)
function positive_int() { return $(test "$@" -eq "$@" > /dev/null 2>&1 && test "$@" -ge 0 > /dev/null 2>&1); }

# move the Terminal window
function mvtw() { 
   if [[ $# -eq 2 ]] && $(positive_int "$1") && $(positive_int "$2"); then 
      printf "\e[3;${1};${2};t"
      return 0
   fi
   return 1
}


# resize the Terminal window
function sizetw() { 
   if [[ $# -eq 2 ]] && $(positive_int "$1") && $(positive_int "$2"); then 
      printf "\e[8;${1};${2};t"
      /usr/bin/clear
      return 0
   fi
   return 1
}


# full screen
function fscreen() { printf "\e[3;0;0;t\e[8;0;0t"; /usr/bin/clear; return 0; }

# default screen
function dscreen() { printf "\e[8;35;150;t"; printf "\e[3;300;240;t"; /usr/bin/clear; return 0; }

# max columns
function maxc() { printf "\e[3;0;0;t\e[8;50;0t"; /usr/bin/clear; return 0; }

# max rows
function maxr() { printf "\e[3;0;0;t\e[8;0;100t"; /usr/bin/clear; return 0; }

# show number of lines & columns
function lc() { printf "lines: $(/usr/bin/tput lines)\ncolums: $(/usr/bin/tput cols)\n"; return 0; }

# move cursor
function mvc() { 
   if [[ $# -eq 2 ]] && $(positive_int "$1") && $(positive_int "$2"); then 
      /usr/bin/tput cup "$1" "$2"
      /usr/bin/tput el  # clear to end of line
      #/usr/bin/tput ed
      return 0
   fi
   return 1

}


# wrap lines according to the number of columns of the Terminal window
function wraptw() { 
   declare str var=$(/usr/bin/tput cols)
   if [[ -s /dev/stdin ]]; then str="$(</dev/stdin)"; else str="$@"; fi 
   printf "%s\n" "$str" | /usr/bin/fmt -w $var
   #printf "%s\n" "$str" | /usr/bin/fold -w $(/usr/bin/tput cols)
   return 0
}


long_line="$(/usr/bin/jot -b 'This is a test sentence!' 100 | /usr/bin/tr '\n' ' ')"
printf "%s\n" "$long_line" | wraptw

lc
mvtw 0 0
mvtw 0 300
mvtw 300 300
mvtw 80 140
fscreen
dscreen
maxc
maxr

lc
sizetw 0 0
sizetw 0 50
sizetw 1 50
sizetw 50 50
sizetw 50 500
sizetw 50 150

mvc 2 45
mvc 100 23
mvc 99 3

dscreen


#-----------------------------------------------------


# customize the Terminal window's title bar text

# show the current date as title bar text
declare -x PROMPT_COMMAND='printf "\e]0; $(/bin/date)\a"'   
declare -x PROMPT_COMMAND='printf "\e]0;$(/bin/date "+%a %b %e   %H:%M:%S ")\a"'
declare -x PROMPT_COMMAND='printf "\e]0;$(/bin/date "+%Y-%m-%d   %H:%M:%S ")\a"'

# show current working directory 
declare -x PROMPT_COMMAND='printf "\e]0;$(pwd -P) \a"'
declare -x PROMPT_COMMAND='printf "\e]0;$(pwd -P | /usr/bin/tr -d "[[:cntrl:]]") \a"'

# show OLDPWD 
declare -x PROMPT_COMMAND='printf "\e]0;$(printf %s "$OLDPWD") \a"'
declare -x PROMPT_COMMAND='printf "\e]0;$(printf %s "$OLDPWD" | /usr/bin/cut -c 1-100) \a"'

export -p | grep -i PROMPT_COMMAND
env | grep -i PROMPT_COMMAND
unset -v PROMPT_COMMAND


# first create environment variable TITLE 
# cf. Prompt Commands, http://www.osxfaq.com/Tips/unix-tricks/week71/wednesday.ws
# Author: Adrian Mayo, http://101.1dot1.com and http://www.peachpit.com/title/0321374118

unset -v TITLE PROMPT_COMMAND
declare -x TITLE="Terminal"
declare -x PROMPT_COMMAND='printf "\e]0;${TITLE}\a"'

# message as title bar text
function message_title() { 
   if [[ $# -eq 1 && -n "$@" ]]; then 
      #TITLE="$@"
      TITLE="$(printf %s "$@" | /usr/bin/cut -c 1-100)"
   fi
   return 0
}

export -f message_title
export -p | grep -i message_title
env | grep -i message_title
#unset -f message_title 

message_title 'Hello, world!'


# show OS information in title bar
function osinfo() { 
   x1="$(/usr/bin/sw_vers -productName)"
   x2="$(/usr/bin/sw_vers -productVersion)"
   x3="$(/usr/bin/sw_vers -buildVersion)"
   x4="$(/usr/bin/arch)"
   TITLE="${x1} - ${x2} - ${x3} - ${x4}"
   return 0
}

export -f osinfo
osinfo


function eval_title() { 
   if [[ -n "$(printf %s "$@") | /usr/bin/egrep '^date|whoami|logname|uname|machine|pwd|hostname$'" ]]; then 
      cmd_output="$(eval "$@")"
      TITLE="$cmd_output"
   fi
   return 0
}
export -f eval_title

eval_title "date"
eval_title "whoami"
eval_title "logname"
eval_title "uname"
eval_title "machine"
eval_title "pwd"
eval_title "hostname"


function date_title() { TITLE="$(/bin/date "+%Y-%m-%d")"; return 0; }
export -f date_title
date_title

function logname_title() { TITLE="$(/usr/bin/logname)"; return 0; }
export -f logname_title
logname_title


# show last command in title bar
help fc
unset -v TITLE PROMPT_COMMAND
declare -x PROMPT_COMMAND='printf %b "\e]0;$(fc -ln | tail -n 1 | cut -c 2-150 | tr -d "\\")\a"'


# show current command in title bar
help history
unset -v TITLE PROMPT_COMMAND
declare -x PROMPT_COMMAND='printf %b "\e]0;$(history 1 | /usr/bin/cut -c 8-150 | tr -d "\\")\a"'
declare -x PROMPT_COMMAND='printf %b "\e]0;$(history 1 | sed -E "s/^[[:space:]]*[[:digit:]]+[[:space:]]+(.*)$/\\1/" | cut -c 1-150 | tr -d "\\")\a"'


#-----------------------------------------------------


# increase font size

function ifont() { 

   /usr/bin/open -a Terminal

/usr/bin/osascript <<__END__
    repeat ${1:-1} times
       tell application "System Events" to tell process "Terminal" to keystroke "+" using command down
    end repeat
__END__

   return 0 
}

ifont
ifont 10


# decrease font size

function dfont() { 

   /usr/bin/open -a Terminal

/usr/bin/osascript <<__END__
    repeat ${1:-1} times
       tell application "System Events" to tell process "Terminal" to keystroke "-" using command down
    end repeat
__END__

   return 0 
}

dfont
dfont 10


# fullscreen window of Terminal.app
# requires: 
# - http://www.culater.net/software/SIMBL/SIMBL.php
# - http://ianhenderson.org/megazoomer.html

function fullscreen() {

   /usr/bin/open -a Terminal
 
/usr/bin/osascript <<__END__
    tell application "System Events" to tell process "Terminal" to keystroke return using command down
__END__

  ifont 15

  return 0 

}


# undo full-screen window of Terminal.app
# requires: 
# - http://www.culater.net/software/SIMBL/SIMBL.php
# - http://ianhenderson.org/megazoomer.html

function nofullscreen() {

   /usr/bin/open -a Terminal 

   dfont 15

/usr/bin/osascript <<__END__
    tell application "System Events" to tell process "Terminal" to keystroke return using command down
__END__

   return 0 

}



fullscreen

[F9]

nofullscreen



# hide all Terminal windows
function hideall() { 
   /usr/bin/osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to set visible of some item of ( get processes whose name = "Terminal" ) to false'
   return 0
}

hideall


# create a new Terminal window and cd to the same current working directory
# cf. http://justinfrench.com/index.php?id=231

unset -f newin

function newin() {
   pwd -P | /usr/bin/pbcopy
   /usr/bin/open -a Terminal
   /usr/bin/osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to do script with command "cd \"$(/usr/bin/pbpaste)\"; echo \" \" | /usr/bin/pbcopy; /usr/bin/clear"'
   return 0 
}

cd ~/Desktop
newin


# create a new Terminal window and execute given command
function newincmd() { 
   declare args 
   # escape single & double quotes 
   args="${@//\'/\'}" 
   args="${args//\"/\\\"}" 
   printf "%s" "${args}" | /usr/bin/pbcopy 
   #printf "%q" "${args}" | /usr/bin/pbcopy 
   /usr/bin/open -a Terminal 
   /usr/bin/osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to do script with command "/usr/bin/clear; eval \"$(/usr/bin/pbpaste)\""' 
   return 0 
} 

newincmd ls 

newincmd echo "hello \" world" 
newincmd echo $'hello \' world'


# cd to the directory of the front Finder window
# http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060719155640762

function ff { osascript -e 'tell application "Finder"'\
 -e "if (${1-1} <= (count Finder windows)) then"\
 -e "get POSIX path of (target of window ${1-1} as alias)"\
 -e 'else' -e 'get POSIX path of (desktop as alias)'\
 -e 'end if' -e 'end tell'; };

function cdff { cd "`ff $@`"; }

cdff


Further reading:

- Mac OS X Unix 101 Byte-Sized Projects
- preexec.bash -- Bash support for ZSH-like 'preexec' and 'precmd' functions
- "This bash shell is now fully operational!" (preexec.bash, screen, xterm)
- xterm titles with bash
- setting screen's title to the currently running process with bash
- Use Growl to monitor long-running shell commands (preexec.bash example)
- Set the title of the Terminal window with cd (using xterm escape sequences)
- Extending GNU Screen - Adding a taskbar
- Setting window and tab names in the Leopard Terminal
- How to change the title of an xterm: 4.3 bash
- Xterm Control Sequences
- list of xterm escape sequences
- programmatically changing the bash title
- Bash: How to change tab and window title of console
- MacVim without Distraction (full-screen mode)
- Hacking Without Distractions (MacVim in full-screen mode)
- Vi Input Manager
- Megazoomer

to shell osx mac bash vi unix code applescript osascript text window terminal vim color font tput screen title bar escape background ansi printf fullscreen xterm by jv on Sun Jun 01 22:00:05 +0000 2008

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