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gedit missing indent plugin in 10.04

Asked by John B

Hello.
I just installed the 64 bit version of Ubuntu 10.04, and attempted to use the indent plugin of gedit. However, I could not install the indent plugin, as it was not in the list of installable plugins. I then downloaded the gedit-plugins file from the package manager, but that did not add the indent plugin either. As far as I know, the only plugin missing in the list of available plugins is the indent plugin, which is the one that I need the most.

Thanks,

John

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#1

Changelog says:
Removed indent plugin, this is now supported by gtksourceview.
http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/g/gedit/gedit_2.30.0git20100413-0ubuntu1/changelog
http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/amd64/gedit/filelist

http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=default&section=all&arch=any&searchon=names&keywords=gtksourceview

http://live.gnome.org/Gedit/Plugins

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John B (j200477) said : 		#2

Thanks Sam, but I still do not understand how to access the indentation facility in gedit. gtksourceview is installed on my system. There doesnt seem to be a gtksourceview manual to tell you how to use it in gedit. With the indent plugin, I would highlight text and use either the cntl-tab or cntl-shift-tab to indent/unindent it. Can you tell me what method is used now?

Also, I see that the Gedit plugins page still lists Indent as one of the installed plugins. In the gedit help pages, they tell you to install the indent plugin, which apparently is no longer being used. They may want to update their page. Or am I misunderstanding something?

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Zach Hoeken (zach-makerbot) said : 		#3

I would also really like to know how to get the indent functionality working again. It really sucks when regressions like this happen.

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#4

> what method is used now?

Sorry, no idea, I just use tab.

> Gedit plugins page still lists Indent as one of the installed plugins

yep, I know, although Gnome isn't Ubuntu, it's also a community project and since we have different versions running on different distributions it takes someone to implement the changes either on the same (plugin)page or one page for each version. So we're lucky that changelogs are available. ;-)

btw.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtksourceview2/+bug/546097

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Best Zach Hoeken (zach-makerbot) said : 		#5

Okay, I figured it out. They removed the Indent plugin because its now supported in the core. However, the key commands have changed. Instead of ctrl+t and ctrl+shift+t its now tab and shift+tab

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Jake Guthmiller (jguthmiller) said : 		#6

gtksourceview uses tab and shift+tab to indent multiple lines of text instead of ctrl+t and ctrl+shift+t.

Here's a bug report I found that discusses this a bit further:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/551507

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John B (j200477) said : 		#7

Thanks Zach Hoeken, that solved my question.