I just installed the ubuntu 11.10, and I want to install a plugin for gEdit.
I unpacked the plugin to the following folder: ~/.gnome2/gedit/plugins
but in the gedit doesn't show up the plugin.
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I just installed the ubuntu 11.10, and I want to install a plugin for gEdit.
I unpacked the plugin to the following folder: ~/.gnome2/gedit/plugins
but in the gedit doesn't show up the plugin.
Best Answer
gEdit 3
The version of gEdit in Oneiric & above is v3 built using gtk+3 libraries. The plugin folder locations are slightly different than from gEdit v2.
Every plugin needs at least two files.
One file (pluginname.plugin) is to tell
gedit
:This file is in the
.desktop
format.The second file is the actual code.
Both of these files need to be placed in either:
/usr/lib/gedit/plugins/
, or~/.local/share/gedit/plugins/
.Installing Plugins
First create the plugin folder:
Now create a
.plugin
file using gedit N.B. these files have the format:source
For your v2 plugin you already have a file called
project-manager.gedit-plugin
so you can rename it:Then edit the plugin file and change the section header to "[Plugin]"
You will now see this in your gedit plugin list.
However for me it threw errors about "import gedit, gtk, gtk.glade".
You need to change the source code to import the gtk+3 variants - called python introspection.
An excellent tutorial for converting from gtk+2 to gtk+3 see