Coordinate two commands in separate panes in one tab

[Michael Klein]

I often need to run two commands (a server with a very chatty console and a terminal to execute commands in that server) in a coordinated way and I'd like to write a single script that will do all of the heavy lifting for me. But I can't quite figure out all the parts. Here's what I want:

1) When I run my script, the current tab is split horizontally into two panes, with one pane occupying the bottom 5 lines and the other taking up the rest. Run the `server` command in the upper pane and the `console` command in the lower pane.

2) When the `console` command exits, gracefully kill the `server` command and un-split the window.

Is this possible?

[George Nachman]

You can do this with the Python API. Here’s a script that splits some panes: https://iterm2.com/python-api/examples/broadcast.html

As for killing the server command, the easiest thing to do is probably to run `console; killall server`

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