--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+
+tabname=$1
+shift
+w=/tmp/tabbed-$tabname
+[ -r "$w" ] && {
+ read winid < $w
+ wmclass=`xprop -id $winid WM_CLASS 2>/dev/null`
+ echo "$wmclass" | grep -q tabbed-$tabname && {
+ echo $winid
+ exit
+ }
+}
+[ -z "$NOTABSTART" ] || exit 1
+tabbed -n tabbed-$tabname -d $@ > $w
+exec $0 $tabname $@