I am using Ubuntu 12.04.I want to install Regex Search and Replace plugin for Gedit.So can some one please tell me where can I get it and install it.Any help and suggestions will be highly appreciable.
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Download Regular Expression Plugin for Gedit 3. Extract the tar package , then copy it to Gedit plugins directory from the Extracted folder.
For a particular user , do
cd ~/Downloads
wget 'https://live.gnome.org/Gedit/Plugins?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=regex_replace-gedit3.tar.gz' -o regex_replace-gedit3.tar.gz
tar xf regex_replace-gedit3.tar.gz
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/gedit/plugins
mv ~/Downloads/regex_replace ~/.local/share/gedit/plugins
And for the all the users in system
sudo cp -r ~/Downloads/regex_replace /usr/lib/gedit/plugins/
After copying the plugin you can enable it in Gedit 3 under Edit > Preferences, clicking on Plugins tab and checking the box for Regex Search and Replace.
Another alternate is also available as Advanced Find / Replace
P.S. : Thanks mac9416 for suggesting the individual User part.
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1Someone posted very thorough instructions for install Gedit 3 plugins: askubuntu.com/questions/61785/… It might be easier to use the user's plugin directory.
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/gedit/pluginscp /home/user/Downloads/regex_replace ~/.local/share/gedit/pluginsAug 9, 2012 at 13:00 -
2Thanks , you are really free to edit it for making it to include better content from next time :)– atenzAug 9, 2012 at 14:11
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2Thanks @tijybba..it worked for me but I got an error when trying to copy.The error was
cp: omitting directoryregex_replace'. Finally I had to usesudo cp -r`.That worked perfectly for me.Can you tell me what is the shortcut key to the regex search when using gedit?– newuserAug 10, 2012 at 1:18 -
Since Gedit 3 comes with a inbuilt
Replaceoption atCtrl+H, there is no shortcut specified , but you can access it underSearchmenu bar asRegular Expression, i know it is inconvenient w/o shortcut . I will post the Shortcut if i find out :)– atenzAug 10, 2012 at 6:19 -
1Everything is OK except the link Regular Expression Plugin for Gedit 3. I downloaded this Dec 1, 2013 at 16:23
The best plugin I have found is Advanced find / replace plugin for gedit that you can find in http://code.google.com/p/advanced-find/.
About how to install, you can follow the instructions in its wiki page http://code.google.com/p/advanced-find/wiki/Installation.
Basically what you must do is:
Download the correct version for your gedit from http://code.google.com/p/advanced-find/downloads/list.
Decompress it.
Run install.sh (without sudo).
Go to preferences / plug-in and activate it.
It have many many features like search in opened files or bookmark a search.
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1Thanks, I ended up using this because all the links to the other one seem dead. Edit: Which this one will be too soon unless they move from Google Code. Mar 25, 2015 at 17:38
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1@powerbuoy Yes, but in this case, we will have the clone on my own account in github github.com/PhoneixS/advanced-find– PhoneixSMar 25, 2015 at 18:07
At least for Ubuntu 14.04, there is a regex plugin available from the gedit-developers-plugins package. If this package doesn't work for you, as it didn't work for me, here is the solution.
