Persistent MRU Tabs

This script keeps tabs in most-recently used order, with the current tab always first.

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import asyncio
import iterm2

async def main(connection):
    app = await iterm2.async_get_app(connection)

    async def reorder_tabs():
      window = app.current_terminal_window
      if not window:
          return
      if window.current_tab != window.tabs[0]:
          tabs = list(window.tabs)
          i = tabs.index(window.current_tab)
          del tabs[i]
          tabs.insert(0, window.current_tab)
          await window.async_set_tabs(tabs)

    async with iterm2.FocusMonitor(connection) as monitor:
        while True:
            update = await monitor.async_get_next_update()
            if update.selected_tab_changed:
                await reorder_tabs()

iterm2.run_forever(main)

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