How to get gedit for auto-indented code

Question

I am trying to get gedit to automatically enter my code. The "Auto-indent" checkbox in the settings does not work. Is there a way to get gedit for auto-indented code? (By the way, I really care a lot about the release of C ++. I don't need an indent for any other language.)

Answer 1

The smart text completion plugin for gedit does exactly what you describe: https://github.com/nymanjens/gedit-intelligent-text-completion

For those trying to figure out how to copy the intelligent_text_completion.plugin and intelligent_text_completion.py files to .local/share/gedit/plugins , follow these steps:

 user@example:~/.local/share$ cd ~/.local/share/ user@example:~/.local/share$ mkdir gedit user@example:~/.local/share$ cd gedit/ user@example:~/.local/share/gedit$ mkdir plugins user@example:~$ cp intelligent_text_completion.plugin intelligent_text_completion.py ~/.local/share/gedit/plugins/ 

Answer 2

gedit has auto-indent function, go to

Edit -> Preferences -> Editor -> Third line

Answer 3

Here is another workaround: you can use vim to indent automatically and automatically format your code from within Gedit.

First make sure vim is installed. Then add the “external tool” to Gedit from the “tools” menu and use the following code:

 #!/bin/sh CMD_FILE_NAME=.formatcommand; TMP_FILE_NAME=.tempvimfile; touch $CMD_FILE_NAME&&echo "gg=G :wq! "$TMP_FILE_NAME > $CMD_FILE_NAME&&(vim $GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_NAME -s $CMD_FILE_NAME > /dev/null 2>/dev/null)&&rm $CMD_FILE_NAME; cat $TMP_FILE_NAME rm $TMP_FILE_NAME 

Also make sure that:

• "Save" is set to "Current Document".
• Input is set to Nothing.
• "Exit" is set to "Replace current document."

You can also customize the hotkey, I prefer Alt + Shift + F, like Netbeans. Now, when you press the hot key, the current file will be saved and automatically formatted.

This will work in any programming language / script, given the correct file extension

If you don't get the indent, insert filetype indent on in your ~/.vimrc file and it will work.

For more details see my personal blog.

Answer 4

Ubuntu 16.04 and Gedit

• Activate External Tools Plugin

  Edit → Preferences → Plugins → External Tools

• External Tool Management

  Tools → Manage External Tools

• Add tool

  • Click the + button in the lower left corner of Office External Tools
  • You can rename the new tool at any time convenient for you, for example JSON Formatter
  • Refer to the image below and adjust it accordingly.