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I have a little Applescript (that I'm sure is poorly done, since it's my first and only Applescript) that sets up some Terminal.app instances in a nice way. Here it is:
copy 1280 to _width
copy 800 to _height
copy 70 to _dockheight
copy 120 to _paddingright
copy 3 to _paddingtop
copy 5 to _paddingmiddle
copy 30 to _titlebarheight
tell application "Terminal"
activate
do script "clear"
do script "clear"
tell window 1
set background color to "Black"
set normal text color to "White"
set bold text color to "White"
set cursor color to "Green"
set size to {(_width / 2), (_height - _dockheight)}
set position to {0, _paddingtop}
end tell
tell window 2
set background color to {5051, 0, 0}
set normal text color to "White"
set bold text color to "White"
set cursor color to "Green"
set size to {(_width / 2) - _paddingright, ((_height - _dockheight) / 2) - (_titlebarheight / 2)}
set position to {(_width / 2) + _paddingmiddle, _paddingtop}
end tell
tell window 3
set background color to {0, 0, 5051}
set normal text color to "White"
set bold text color to "White"
set cursor color to "Green"
set size to {(_width / 2) - _paddingright, ((_height - _dockheight) / 2) - (_titlebarheight / 2)}
set position to {(_width / 2) + _paddingmiddle, ((_height - _dockheight) / 2) + _paddingtop + (_titlebarheight / 2)}
end tell
do script "clear" in window 1
do script "clear" in window 2
do script "clear" in window 3
end tell
There is most likely a way to get the current screen height and width, but until I learn it I will have to stick with the hard-coded values above.
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