Add a command line option to spawn new tabs via DBus

ChangeLog

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ terminator 1.0:
     John Feuerstein
   * Support reading configuration from alternate files, via a patch 
     from Pavel Khlebovich
+  * Allow creation of new tabs in existing Terminators, via DBus
   * Bug fixes
 
 terminator 0.96:

doc/terminator.1

@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ only be printed from the specified functions. If this is specified in
 addition to \-\-debug-classes, only the intersection of the two lists
 will be displayed
 .TP
+.B \-\-new-tab
+If this is specified and Terminator is already running, DBus will be
+used to spawn a new tab in the first Terminator window.
+.TP
 .SH "KEYBINDINGS"
 The following keybindings can be used to control Terminator:
 .TP 

terminator

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         try:
             dbus_service = ipc.DBusService()
         except ipc.DBusException:
-            dbg('Unable to become master process, requesting a new window')
+            dbg('Unable to become master process, operating via DBus')
             # get rid of the None and True types so dbus can handle them (empty
             # and 'True' strings are used instead), also arrays are joined 
             # (the -x argument for example)
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                     val = 'True'
                 optionslist[opt] = val and '%s'%val or ''
             optionslist = dbus.Dictionary(optionslist, signature='ss')
+            if OPTIONS.new_tab:
+                dbg('Requesting a new tab')
+                ipc.new_tab(optionslist)
+            else:
+                dbg('Requesting a new window')
                 ipc.new_window(optionslist)
             sys.exit()
     except ImportError:

terminatorlib/ipc.py

@@ -69,6 +69,15 @@ class DBusService(Borg, dbus.service.Object):
         self.terminator.create_layout(oldopts.layout)
         self.terminator.layout_done()
             
+    @dbus.service.method(BUS_NAME, in_signature='a{ss}')
+    def new_tab(self, options=dbus.Dictionary()):
+        """Create a new tab"""
+        dbg('dbus method called: new_tab with parameters %s'%(options))
+        oldopts = self.terminator.config.options_get()
+        oldopts.__dict__ = options
+        self.terminator.config.options_set(oldopts)
+        window = self.terminator.get_windows()[0]
+        window.tab_new()
 
     @dbus.service.method(BUS_NAME)
     def terminal_hsplit(self, uuid=None):
@@ -132,6 +141,11 @@ def new_window(session, options):
     """Call the dbus method to open a new window"""
     session.new_window(options)
 
+@with_proxy
+def new_tab(session, options):
+    """Call the dbus method to open a new tab in the first window"""
+    session.new_tab(options)
+
 @with_proxy
 def terminal_hsplit(session, uuid):
     """Call the dbus method to horizontally split a terminal"""

terminatorlib/optionparse.py

@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ icon for the window (by file or name)'))
             help=_('Comma separated list of classes to limit debugging to'))
     parser.add_option('--debug-methods', action='store', dest='debug_methods',
             help=_('Comma separated list of methods to limit debugging to'))
+    parser.add_option('--new-tab', action='store_true', dest='new_tab',
+            help=_('If Terminator is already running, just open a new tab'))
     for item in ['--sm-client-id', '--sm-config-prefix', '--screen', '-n',
                  '--no-gconf' ]:
         parser.add_option(item, dest='dummy', action='store',

terminatorlib/terminator.py

@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ class Terminator(Borg):
         dbg('session manager asked us to die')
         # FIXME: Implement this
 
+    def get_windows(self):
+        """Return a list of windows"""
+        return self.windows
+
     def register_window(self, window):
         """Register a new window widget"""
         if window not in self.windows:

terminatorlib/window.py

@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ class Window(Container, gtk.Window):
         if not self.is_child_notebook():
             dbg('Making a new Notebook')
             notebook = maker.make('Notebook', window=self)
-        self.get_child().newtab(debugtab, cwd=cwd, profile=profile)
+        return self.get_child().newtab(debugtab, cwd=cwd, profile=profile)
 
     def on_delete_event(self, window, event, data=None):
         """Handle a window close request"""