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:
- where the plugin can be found,
- what it's called,
- a short description,
- who is the author, etc.
This file is in the .desktop format.
The second file is the actual code.
Both of these files need to be placed in either:
- the system-wide plugins directory
/usr/lib/gedit/plugins/, or
- in the user plugins directory, which may have to be manually created -
~/.local/share/gedit/plugins/.
Installing Plugins
First create the plugin folder:
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/gedit/plugins
Now create a .plugin file using gedit N.B. these files have the format:
[Plugin]
Loader=python
Module=examplepy
IAge=3
Name=Example py
Description=A Python plugin example
Authors=Jesse van den Kieboom <jesse@icecrew.nl>
Copyright=Copyright © 2006 Jesse van den Kieboom <jesse@icecrew.nl>
Website=http://www.gedit.org
source
For your v2 plugin you already have a file called project-manager.gedit-plugin so you can rename it:
mv project-manager.gedit-plugin project-manager.plugin
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
Best Answer
Code Folding
The plugin throws an error on the command line when you try to fold. But it may be something a good Python programmer could fix in five minutes.
Apparently code folding is slated to be supported by gedit natively eventually.
Pylint
The one reference to a plugin I found pointed to a bzr branch that no longer exists.
Splitview
I don't use it much, but it does a good enough job for me.
Spell Check
The plugin should be enabled by default. Use
Tools > Autocheck Spellingto turn it on.Whitespace Removal
Removes unnecessary whitespace on saving a file.
Regex Search and Replace:
Extract to your plugins directory, enable, and use
Tools > Regex Search & Replace.Others:
The gedit-plugins package comes with some handy plugins. You should check that out.