Applescript "write" verb shouldn't append newline

Currently, the implementation of the Applescript write verb appends a newline when the argument is direct text. There are times when I might not want a newline. In order to prevent breaking existing scripts, it probably makes sense to add a new optional argument to write: something like "without newline"? So a script might look like:

tell a_session to write text "some text" without newline

The implementation of write is in the function handleWriteScriptCommand inside sources/PTYSession+Scripting.m.

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• iTerm v 2.1.1
• Mac OS X 10.9.5
• com.googlecode.iterm2.plist

I see now that if the string ends in a space, it doesn't append a newline, but maybe I want to send a string that ends in neither space nor newline.

I created pull request 221

I never noticed that space behavior. What a weird thing (carried over from iTerm 0.1). Anyway, I commented on the PR. I support improving this and now is the time to do it.

Milestone changed to Feature complete 3.0

I closed pull request 221 and created pull request 222.

That said, I don't see how to use v3's Applescript, so I can't even test my changes. Can you help me out in figuring out how to get a handle on a session?

Status changed to closed