I will often change a small script in gedit and then run it from a terminal. Isn't there a simple text editor with a "Run" button or something to streamline this? Even in Eclipse it's not trivial. I'm looking for specific suggestions on which text editors support this or how they can be extended to support this.
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gedit external terminal plug-inYou can use gedit with terminal plugin. The steps are fairly straight-forward:
gedit-pluginsgedit plug-insThe first step is to ensure Universe repository is activated from Settings->Software & Updates->Ubuntu Software and ensure the third option is checked:
gedit-pluginsInstall gedit-plugs with the command:
sudo apt install gedit-plugins
Open gedit (don't use sudo) and select Edit->Preferences->Plugins and check off Embedded Terminal:
In the GIF below we use Ctrl+F9 to get a tiny window with the command prompt. Use the mouse to drag the dividing line up.
gedit plug-insAs mentioned in Step 4., you can grab the separator bar to make the terminal window bigger. Here's what it looks like in a normal picture ((not a GIF).
There are three other plug-ins I currently use in the gedit coding window:
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