Question

using the program `gedit`, how can i get terminal extension for the bottom panel?

Answer 1

http://yaserxp.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/5-must-have-gedit-plugins-for-programmers/

Answer 2

i have been that that page already

it says
run the following command

sudo apt-get install gedit-plugins

Answer 3

where/how do i run it?

Answer 4

i am just starting my first computer science course, CS50x, i dont know programming yet,

Answer 5

i tried putting that command into Terminal, it says
sudo: apt-get: command not found

Answer 6

i haven't used Terminal before, and i dont really l know what it is/does

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Hmmm.... what LINUX are you using?

Answer 9

As i say i'm new to programming , so im not sure exactly what that question means, but i am operating OS snow leopard

Answer 10

Aaah. Mac. OK, you are reading LINUX instructions, not the same on a Mac.

Answer 11

hmm,

Answer 12

i thought Mac was Linux based or something like that,

Answer 13

No. Not at all. Mac is UNIX based, as in the real deal. LINUX is a work alike for UNIX, but it NOT UNIX itself. This makes for some serios differences at times.

http://superuser.com/questions/171403/how-to-install-plugins-for-gedit-on-mac-os-x

Answer 14

What programming language are you going to be learning?

Answer 15

starting with
C

Answer 16

the lecturer is using a mac

Answer 17

OK. Umm... wow. That is a deep one to start with. Though it can be done, the syntax does not make it easy to get used to.

Answer 18

So are you using xcode?

Answer 19

i dont know what that is

Answer 20

It is an IDE (Intergrated Development Environment) for the Mac. Though, if you want terminal, I don't think you are. You may be using gcc or the terminal computer that comes with xcode.

Answer 21

The lecturer does this

Answer 22

All i can get is this ,

the shell output and python console are already installed as plugins, but the terminal one wasn't

Answer 23

Yah, and with it being ported to Mac, it is going to depend on what was built for it. Hmmm... Any way to ask the prof how he got that for his Mac?

This is how most people would do C on a Mac:
http://masters-of-the-void.com/

Answer 24

This seems a little better on how to get the plugins:
http://earthwithsun.com/questions/171403/how-to-install-plugins-for-gedit-on-mac-os-x

Answer 25

At the bottom it says that MacPorts has gedit-plugins

Answer 26

Try this:

sudo port install gedit-plugins

Answer 27

I tried to download that Xcode, but the version i need is 4.2 because im running OS 6.8,
i cannot find xcode4.2

Answer 28

sudo: port: command not found,
this is really painful i dont know what i am doing,
downloading all kinds of think that arn't working


i originally tried to get the CS50 Appliance 19 some kind of virtual machine
but that didn't work either
im not sure why this is so difficult

Answer 29

i just want `hello words` \(\ddot\frown\)

Answer 30

OK. Well, dealing with port not being istalled might be easier.

Answer 31

https://guide.macports.org/chunked/installing.macports.html

Answer 32

That is for installing MacPorts. Once you have MacPorts, it has a version of gedit-tools.

Answer 33

i dont even know what most of these words/concepts are other than com sci jargons

Answer 34

MacPorts is an application that lets you use a lot of tools that have been ported from LINUX compatible code to Mac compatable code.

Answer 35

ok i have downloaded macports 1.8.0

Answer 36

Now, you have SnowLeopard?

Answer 37

yes OS X.6.8

Answer 38

Kk. Then scroll down in the list and get the latest for it:
https://distfiles.macports.org/MacPorts/MacPorts-2.2.1-10.6-SnowLeopard.pkg

Answer 39

Newer than the 1.8.0 =)

Answer 40

ok i have installed that

Answer 41

Now, if that installed the way I think it should have, this should work:

sudo port install gedit
sudo port install gedit-plugins

That will get the MacPorts vestion of gedit and then the tools for it.

Answer 42

hmmm....

So it does not have a c compiler yet. Well.... Then one more thing to find.

Answer 43

are we making progress? i have no idea what is going on

Answer 44

Hmmm.... and so they have no version of Xcode for SnowLeopard?

Answer 45

The first CS50x lecture said 73% of student in the class have no programming experience .

Answer 46

Yah, well, they did not pick the greatest thing to start with. LOL

Answer 47

we the first thing we started with was Scratch , but that was almost a game

Answer 48

It uses Java.

Answer 49

Yah, everything I see says you need to get xcode from Apple. Whatever version they have for your verson of the OS should be fine.

http://www.mkyong.com/mac/how-to-install-gcc-compiler-on-mac-os-x/

Answer 50

so i need to register with apple ,

Answer 51

Yep, register as a developer to get the free tools. To be honest, it is the same thing Microsoft does if you want their free dev tools.

Answer 52

OK, well, I need sleep. I hope that with Xcode and the command line tools for it you are able to do what you need. It would be required for any sort of C work on a Mac as it is.

Answer 53

dammit, that registration form took me 10 minutes and i typed in the wrong email address,

Thanks for helping me for these past two hours, get some rest

Answer 54

Ok i have now got the the apple developer downloads page,

none of these options seem right, none are for snow leopard

Answer 55

maybe i need to get a new computer,
any recommendations (with programming in-mind)?

Answer 56

I think you would have to go with the 3.x version for the older system.

Answer 57

Found a post that said: "Xcode 3.2.6 for Snow Leopard is the last one available for free (registered) developer accounts "

So look for that one.

It should do fine for what you want.

Answer 58

ill have to download this when i get home in several hours (the internet cafe is to slow to download these 4GB)

Answer 59

Well, at least it gives you something cheaper than a new computer to look at.

Answer 60

Now i have installed Xcode 3.2.6 , yay!

Answer 61

ive put
`sudo port install gedit` and
`sudo port install gedit-plugins`

into terminal and its doing stuff (things are installing, i guess)

Answer 62

i think this is good,

Answer 63

Yes, that is VERY good. Not only did you install your C compiler, you also built a C/C++ program! So Hello World should go great when you get to it.

Now, I do not know if you have two installs of GEdit at this point, but you certainly have more of what you need to get things done in the class. If there are two, you just need to figure out where it put the one with the tools and use that one.

Answer 64

i think i only have one gedit, but i don't know how to check.

i still don't see the plugin in the preferences/plugings menu

What is the next step?

Answer 65

Hmmm... How did you install the original version you had? Is there a way to uninstall it easily so you can see if there is another version hiding somewhere?

Answer 66

i downloaded `gedit-3.2.6-3_SnowLeopard_64bit.dmg`

im not sure how to uninstall it, other than simply deleting the application from the applications folder, will that work?

Answer 67

http://guides.macrumors.com/Uninstalling_Applications_in_Mac_OS_X

Answer 68

so i just have to trash the gedit bundle and its preferences?

Answer 69

Don't use a Mac, so... I just have been using computers since I was 11, including some pre-OSX Macs. But I do use FreeBSD, LINUX, and some other things that are similar.

Answer 70

i think my first computer (dads) was an old mac classic (B&W)
i remember using it before i could read properly,
one-time (trying to eject a games floppy disk) i clicked on `erase disk` rather than `eject disk`, and deleted all his files [including his thesis] hahaha, (fortunately most were backed up on floppy disks )
and i also we had an old LCII mac (colour)
i haven't owned a Windows operator

Answer 71

One of the stupidest things I think Mac did was making it so you drug disks to the trash to eject them. If you accidently drag a file rather than the disk... big mistake.

Answer 72

it turns out there is a virtual machine for the cs50x course i'm doing that should be able to run every thing i need it to. so i've been using that, thanks anyway @e.mccormick

Answer 73

LOL. Yah, there are a few. Did not think about that. Well, I hope it is all working in case you want to actually code something.