Applescript to make terminal close automatically?

[Ri-dog]

Hi,

I have a relitivly simple question about doing a simple task with applescript.

I want to automate changing the "when the shell exits" menu in terminal (Preferences > Settings Tab > Shell). From "Don't close the window" to "Close the window".



How would I go about doing this?

Thank's for the help!

- Ridog

[kryten2]

You can try UI scripting.

-- Note : added delays so you can see what the script does
-- You can remove the delays
activate application "Terminal"
tell application "System Events"
	tell process "Terminal"
		-- insert GUI Scripting statements here
		click menu item "Preferences…" of menu 1 of menu bar item "Terminal" of menu bar 1
		delay 2
		click radio button 3 of tab group 1 of group 1 of window "Settings"
		delay 2
		click pop up button 1 of tab group 1 of group 1 of window "Settings"
		delay 2
		click menu item 1 of menu 1 of pop up button 1 of tab group 1 of group 1 of window "Settings"
		-- If you want to close the "Settings window"
		-- uncomment the next 2 lines
		-- delay 2
		-- click button 1 of window "Settings"
	end tell
end tell

Note : It will act on your default setting. Tested on Leopard. YMMV