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I'm trying to install the package "intelligent text completition 3.8" for gedit by following this guide:

  1. Unpack the archive
  2. Put intelligent_text_completion.plugin and intelligent_text_completion.py inside .local/share/gedit/plugins in your home directory. (create it if it doesn't exist yet)
  3. (Re)start Gedit.
  4. Go to Edit->Preferences->Plugins and check the box for Intelligent Text Completion

The problem is that I didn't find the box Intelligent Text Completition in Edit->Preferences->Plugins. Can you tell me how can I overcome this problem please?


EDIT: after I installed the gedit-plugins, the available options are the following:

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EDIT 2: I tried with the command ls -lR ~/.local/share/gedit (idem for ls -alR ~/.local/share/gedit), but the terminal shows me the message "No such file or directory". The strange thing is that I created manually the folders gedit and plugins in the folder .gnome (see the below figure).

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Thank you in advance.

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    Does it show up when you type: ll ~/.local/share/gedit/plugins? I'm wondering if it was unpacked to the wrong place. Dec 27, 2019 at 23:29
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    Gedit is 3.34 on 19.10. You are installing something that was supposed to work 26 versions ago (gedit 3.8). Last update of that repo is 5 years ago. If I were you, I would find an alternative to gedit if this feature is really needed.
    – dadexix86
    Dec 27, 2019 at 23:34
  • Hello @WinEunuuchs2Unix, as Dk Bose suggests, I forgot to install gedit-plugins. Dec 28, 2019 at 9:29
  • This is the problem: "The strange thing is that I created manually the folders gedit and plugins in the folder .gnome". You should create the gedit folder in ~/.local/share and then create the folder plugins in ~/.local/share/gedit. When you do that correctly, you'll get results for ls -alR ~/.local/share/gedit. Don't put anything into .gnome!
    – DK Bose
    Dec 28, 2019 at 12:55

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I just tried it on 19.10 and it works for me with gedit 3.34.0 and https://github.com/nymanjens/gedit-intelligent-text-completion/releases/download/v2.4/intelligent-text-completion-gedit3-8-v2.5.tar.gz.

The key point maybe is that you first need to install gedit-plugins from the 19.10 repositories with sudo apt install gedit-plugins.

After doing so, follow the instructions in your link:

Intelligent text completion plugin is listed

Note:

This plugin also works in gedit running on Kubuntu 19.10, Ubuntu MATE 19.10 and Xubuntu 19.10.

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  • Hi @DKBose, now I installed the geidt-plugins, but the option doesn't appear. See the edit please. Dec 28, 2019 at 9:30
  • Hi @DK Bose I downloaded the right version , i.e. the one you linked above. Dec 28, 2019 at 12:48
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    So now make sure you put the stuff in ~/.local/share/gedit/plugins. Also please post the output of ls -alR ~/.local/share/gedit/plugins. The plugin even works in Ubuntu Mate 19.10.
    – DK Bose
    Dec 28, 2019 at 12:50
  • thank you very very much; finally it appears! Dec 28, 2019 at 13:01
  • You're most welcome!
    – DK Bose
    Dec 28, 2019 at 13:01

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