Re: [gedit-list] How to activate external plugins on Gedit 2.30.1 on Windows?

[akshay chavan <akshay_chavan2003 yahoo com>]

Hi Jeffery,

Thank you for your response. I get the same error for every external plugin I have installed from this page. I am following the instructions for plugin installation given here. Basically this page says that the .gedit-plugin file and the plugin folder should be moved to "installation directory\lib\gedit-2\plugins" directory. In my case this path is G:\gedit\lib\gedit-2\plugins

For instance, I download the advanced-find plugin from this link, and unzip it. I then move the "advanced find" folder and "advancedfind.gedit-plugin" file to G:\gedit\lib\gedit-2\plugins. When I launch gedit from cmd.exe and go to "preferences" option to activate plugin, the plugin gets grayed out. The cmd.exe show the following message:

G:\gedit\bin>G:\gedit\lib\gedit-2\plugins\commander\entry.py:607: GtkWarning: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
  """)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "G:\gedit\lib\gedit-2\plugins\advancedfind\__init__.py", line 28, in <module>
    from advancedfind import AdvancedFindWindowHelper
  File "G:\gedit\lib\gedit-2\plugins\advancedfind\advancedfind.py", line 27, in <module>
    import gtk.glade
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

** (gedit.exe:2028): WARNING **: Error loading plugin 'Advanced Find/Replace'

I tried to install another plugin regex-search from this page. As before, I move the "regexsearch" folder and "regexsearch.gedit-plugin" file to the G:\gedit\lib\gedit-2\plugins directory. When I try to activate the plugin, it gets grayed out and cmd.exe shows the following message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "G:\gedit\lib\gedit-2\plugins\regexsearch\__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
    from regexsearchinstance import RegexSearchInstance
  File "G:\gedit\lib\gedit-2\plugins\regexsearch\regexsearchinstance.py", line 4, in <module>
    import gtk.glade
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

** (gedit.exe:2028): WARNING **: Error loading plugin 'Regex Search'

I get similar errors when installing every plugin from this page. What am I doing wrong?

Gedit version: gedit 2.30.1 (32 bit)

OS: Windows 10

Thanks,

Akshay

On Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 1:47:53 AM GMT+5:30, Jeffery To <jeffery to gmail com> wrote:

On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 10:51 PM akshay chavan via gedit-list <gedit-list gnome org> wrote:

After moving the plugin files to the plugins directory, I can see the new plugin in the "preferences" option, but the plugin gets "grayed out" when I click them.

 

Graying out usually means an error occurred during plugin activation. Do you see any error messages if you run gedit from the command line? What plugin are you trying to install?

Jeff