gedit shortcuts

Question

Is there a way to make my own shortcuts for terminal in gedit?

I mean, for example if I want to compile a C++ source, when I press F9 I want it to make g++ source_file.cpp (this is only an example)

Thanks!

Answer 1

For the command itself, you can use aliases.

Edit ~/.bash_aliases and add your alias like this:

alias foobar="g++ /location/of/file/file.cpp" Where foobar is the name of the custom command.

Then do . ~/.bash_aliases to reload the file.

As far as the hotkey part, I'll come back and add to my answer if I figure anything out about that, or hopefully someone else will know.

EDIT: Here is the full answer to your question (as best I can tell): Custom keyboard shortcut to lauch a terminal and run a command in Unity. It looks like it renders the alias section void, but I will leave it there.

EDIT2: Via http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-433538.html, check out gedit external tools: https://live.gnome.org/Gedit/Plugins/ExternalTools. This will give you a variable for your current file name for use in the command.