kate run script in embedded terminal

[Waqar Ahmed]

Check Tools menu. Tools -> Run Current Document.

The code for the plugin that handles this action lives here
https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/-/tree/master/addons/konsole
If you have anything more specific in mind, you can add the feature
and submit a PR :)

On Fri, Jul 7, 2023 at 1:05 AM Živoslav <zivoslav at rodokrug.org> wrote:
>
> Hey, guys,
>
> I'm a developer and I want to switch from microsoft vscode to kate.
>
> I need to set one feature. In external tools I found a tool "run shell
> script" which is similar to what I need.
>
> I need run script in the embedded terminal and not run an external
> console instance.
>
> In general, I need to map a keyboard shortcut to run the script, or
> command in the embedded console.
>
> How do I do this?
>
> Now I work like this:
>
> - I edit the source code of my program in the editor
> - I press a hotkey and run one particular script (I called it play.fish)
> in the built-in terminal
>
>
> I edit all the commands during development in this script as needed. It
> is a working script. I can run a "make" command from it, I can run a
> python or php script from it, I can delete temporary files in it and
> then run any command. Terminal is the most useful helper in development.
>
>
> I wrote a simple extension for vscode that saves the current file and
> runs my work script in the terminal.
>
> How to achieve this in kate? The javascript extension has no API for
> embedded terminals. I am perhaps able to write an extension in C++.
>
> I managed to achieve this feature by modifying external tools "run shell
> script", it works fine, it just always runs the external console and
> does not use embedded.
>
>
> Thank you
> Zivoslav
>