Opening Opsty from elsewhere

Folders

Drop a folder on Opsty’s Dock icon, or choose Open With ▸ Opsty on it in Finder, and a new tab opens there. Double-clicking a folder still opens Finder.

A Finder Quick Action

Settings ▸ Advanced ▸ Finder Quick Action has an Install button. Once it says Installed ✓, right-clicking a folder in Finder offers Quick Actions ▸ New Opsty Tab Here, which opens a tab there. Installing copies one file into ~/Library/Services, only when you click; delete it there to remove it. One installed before 0.7.0 still works, and still says New opsty Tab Here: the button then reads Update, and pressing it puts the new name in its place.

opsty . from another terminal

opsty . in another terminal, or in an editor’s terminal, opens an Opsty tab in that folder; any folder works in place of the dot. The opsty command ships inside the app, and Settings ▸ Advanced ▸ The opsty command on your PATH shows the one line that links it into /usr/local/bin, with a copy button and Put it on the terminal’s line, which places it on your line in Opsty. The line uses sudo, so it asks for your Mac’s password, and the Enter is yours. The launcher has the same door: Put the opsty command on your PATH.

Links

Opsty can open ssh:// links, like ssh://deploy@staging on a wiki, and x-man-page:// links, the two kinds Terminal opens. A link opens a new tab with its command placed and read back, never run: you press Enter. Terminal stays the app for those links until you switch on Settings ▸ Advanced ▸ Open ssh:// and x-man-page:// links, and the same switch gives them back.