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      id="gedit-plugins-terminal">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="gedit-plugin-guide#gedit-additional-plugins"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="gedit-plugins-pyconsole"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="1.0" date="2011-03-25" status="final"/>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Jim Campbell</name>
      <email>jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <desc>Add a terminal console to the bottom pane</desc>
  </info>

  <title>Embedded terminal</title>

  <p><app>gedit</app> makes it possible to include an embedded version of <app>Gnome Terminal</app>, the GNOME command-line application, in the bottom pane of the <app>gedit</app> window.  This will let you run scripts, install needed software, or test your program without leaving <app>gedit</app>.</p>

  <p>To enable this plugin, select <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Plugins</gui><gui>Embedded Terminal</gui></guiseq>.</p>

  <p>Once you have enabled the plugin, add the terminal to the bottom pane by selecting <guiseq><gui>View</gui><gui>Bottom Pane</gui></guiseq>, or just press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>F9</key></keyseq>.</p>

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