fixed itab, though renamed to ntab.

originally from
http://xanana.ucsc.edu/xtal/iterm_tab_customization.html

simplified to https://gist.github.com/924342

plugins/osx/osx.plugin.zsh

@@ -5,53 +5,48 @@ function savepath() {
 function tab() {
 savepath
 osascript >/dev/null <<EOF
-on do_submenu(app_name, menu_name, menu_item, submenu_item)
-    -- bring the target application to the front
-    tell application app_name
-      activate
-    end tell
     tell application "System Events"
-      tell process app_name
-        tell menu bar 1
-          tell menu bar item menu_name
-            tell menu menu_name
-              tell menu item menu_item
-                tell menu menu_item
-                  click menu item submenu_item
+      tell process "Terminal" to keystroke "t" using command down
+    end
+    tell application "Terminal"
+      activate
+      do script with command "cd \"$PWD\"; $*" in window 1
     end tell
-              end tell
-            end tell
-          end tell
-        end tell
-      end tell
-    end tell
-end do_submenu
 
-do_submenu("Terminal", "Shell", "New Tab", 1)
 EOF
 }
 
-function itab() {
-savepath
-osascript >/dev/null <<EOF
-on do_submenu(app_name, menu_name, menu_item)
-    -- bring the target application to the front
-    tell application app_name
-      activate
-    end tell
-    tell application "System Events"
-      tell process app_name
-        tell menu bar 1
-          tell menu bar item menu_name
-            tell menu menu_name
-              click menu item menu_item
-            end tell
-          end tell
-        end tell
-      end tell
-    end tell
-end do_submenu
 
-do_submenu("iTerm", "Shell", "New Tab")
-EOF
+
+function ntab() {
+if [[ $# == 0 ]]; then
+      ThisDirectory=$PWD
+elif [[ $# == 1 && -d "$1" ]]; then
+      ThisDirectory="$@"
+else
+      print "usage: ntab [directory]"
+      return 1
+fi
+
+osascript <<-eof
+ tell app "Finder"
+ activate
+tell application "iTerm"
+	-- make new terminal
+	tell the front terminal 
+		activate current session
+		launch session "Default Session"
+		tell the current session
+			write text "cd \"$ThisDirectory\""
+		end tell
+	end tell
+end tell
+tell application "Finder"
+	activate
+end tell
+tell application "iTerm"
+	activate
+end tell
+ end tell
+eof
 }