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I left the comments in there because IвЂ™d like to figure out how to get it to do split screen the way I like, rather than tabs, but I got this working and then got lazy again. I just open that script, hit run, and it does the job. # tell application 'System Events' to keystroke ']' using command down # tell application 'System Events' to keystroke 'd' using # tell application 'System Events' to keystroke 'd' using command down Write text 'cd '/Users/chriscoyier/GitHub/CPOR'' In lieu of a built-in iTerm solution, I did learn it was вЂњscriptable.вЂќ Apparently, they are sunsetting AppleScript support in favor of Python but, hey, for now it seems to work fine.

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Maybe you can make npm scripts for those other commands? But even then, I donвЂ™t think youвЂ™d see the output in different panels, so itвЂ™s probably best for scripts that are run-and-done instead of run-forever.Д«eing a Mac guy, I was most interested in solutions that would work with iTerm since IвЂ™ve used that anyway.

There are npm things for running multiple scripts, like concurrently and npm-run-all, but (I think?) they are limited to running only npm scripts, rather than any terminal command.

Windows: The default terminal has panes.

The native terminal can do tabs and splitting, too, but it feels very limited. It can also remember window arrangements, which IвЂ™ve used, but I donвЂ™t see any built-in option for triggering commands in that arrangement.

macOS: IвЂ™ve long used iTerm which does split panels nicely.

There are native apps for all the platforms that can run multiple panels.

It can be configured into layouts with commands that run at startup.

I was pointed to kitty by a fella who told me it feels like a grown-up tmux to him.

tmuxinator gives it better configuration, I guess?.

HereвЂ™s an example configuration for tmux.

I found this interesting because it came literally days later my CodePen co-founder let us all know the new dev environment heвЂ™s been working on will use tmux.

So, those multiple panes can be configured to open and run different commands simultaneously. IвЂ™m very sure I donвЂ™t understand all it can do, but I think I understand that it makes вЂњfakeвЂќ panes within one terminal session that emulates multiple panes. I asked the question on Twitter, of course. For me, splitting panels is nicer than tabs, although tabs for separate projects seems OK. IвЂ™ve got to remember all the commands and set up my command line app in a way that feels comfortable. ItвЂ™s not a bad situation, itвЂ™s just a little cumbersome and annoying. IвЂ™ve heard from several others in this situation.

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IвЂ™ve worked on other projects that require multiple terminal windows as well, and I donвЂ™t feel like IвЂ™m that unusual. I know my biggest project requires me to be running a big fancy Docker-based thing in one terminal, Ruby on Rails in another, and webpack in another. Many development environments require running things in a terminal window.

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