Gedit Symbol Browser Plugin is a symbol browser plugin for GNOME's text editor, Gedit. It is Ctags-based and allows developers to easily navigate to and locate symbols within their code.
The Gedit Symbol Browser Plugin is an excellent Exuberant Ctags-based symbol browser plugin for the GNOME text editor, Gedit. This plugin is a great choice for programmers since it easily parses source code and displays functions, classes, variables, and other symbols in a tree format in the left pane. By double-clicking on the symbols, the user can quickly jump to that function in the source file.
Gedit Symbol Browser Plugin offers several features that enhance the user experience, such as support for 34 programming languages based on ctags, symbols displayed in a tree grouped by symbol type, and the option to add icons for any symbol type ctags can parse. The plugin also works with local and remote files, including SSH, FTP, etc., and offers the ability to view symbols from the active tab or from all opened documents. Additionally, the user can optionally show line number, programming language, and source file in the tree, making it easier to navigate through the code.
The plugin requires GTK+ version 2.10.x, Exuberant Ctags, and Gedit. The binary installation is effortless and involves copying the plugin files to ~/.gnome2/gedit/ using the cp command. For the source installation, the user needs to download and extract the gedit sources to a folder and download Gedit Symbol Browser Plugin sources and extract to the gedit sources plugins folder. Then, the user has to edit config.ac and plugins/Makefile.am before running autoconf, automake, and make in the symbolbrowser plugin dir.
Overall, the Gedit Symbol Browser Plugin is a reliable and feature-packed plugin that can make programming with Gedit an enjoyable and productive experience.
Gedit Symbol Browser Plugin offers several features that enhance the user experience, such as support for 34 programming languages based on ctags, symbols displayed in a tree grouped by symbol type, and the option to add icons for any symbol type ctags can parse. The plugin also works with local and remote files, including SSH, FTP, etc., and offers the ability to view symbols from the active tab or from all opened documents. Additionally, the user can optionally show line number, programming language, and source file in the tree, making it easier to navigate through the code.
The plugin requires GTK+ version 2.10.x, Exuberant Ctags, and Gedit. The binary installation is effortless and involves copying the plugin files to ~/.gnome2/gedit/ using the cp command. For the source installation, the user needs to download and extract the gedit sources to a folder and download Gedit Symbol Browser Plugin sources and extract to the gedit sources plugins folder. Then, the user has to edit config.ac and plugins/Makefile.am before running autoconf, automake, and make in the symbolbrowser plugin dir.
Overall, the Gedit Symbol Browser Plugin is a reliable and feature-packed plugin that can make programming with Gedit an enjoyable and productive experience.
What's New
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