[NTLUG:Discuss] gnome terminal question

[Jack Snodgrass]

Does anyone know how to call gnome-terminal to start up a session 
on a existing window in a new tab? Say that I have a gnome-terminal 
window started.... the --help for gnome-terminal says that you can 
do gnome-terminal --tab  and that is supposed to open a tab in the 
'last window that was opened' but all it does ( for me ) is open
up a new window. I've tried several different combinations of 
options, but I still end up with multiple windows. 

I want to make a 'menu' for my gnome-terminal sessions that I can 
use to start new sessions in new tabs on an existing window. I don't
like the built in menu. 

Any info would be appreciated. I'm also open to other suggestions for 
multi-tabed terminals. I generally have 10+ sessions ( ssh ) opened to 
different systems. 

Thanks - jack