By default, the gedit text editor in Ubuntu or other Linux distributions may not have built-in support for Python or C++ code autocompletion. However, you can easily add this functionality by installing appropriate plugins. Here are the steps to add Python/C++ autocomplete support in gedit:
- Open a terminal window and run the following command to install the necessary plugins:
sudo apt-get install gedit-plugins
- Open gedit, and click on the “Edit” menu, then select “Preferences”. In the Preferences window, click on the “Plugins” tab.
- In the Plugins tab, look for the “Code Comment” and “Code Completion” plugins, and make sure they are checked to enable them.
- Click on the “Configure Plugin” button next to the “Code Completion” plugin.
- In the Code Completion configuration window, select the “Enable” option and choose “Python” or “C/C++” as the language for which you want to enable code completion.
- Close the Preferences window and restart gedit.
Now when you start writing Python or C++ code in gedit, the editor will show code suggestions based on what you have typed so far. Note that you may need to wait a few seconds after typing to allow the code completion suggestions to appear.
That’s it! With these plugins installed and configured, gedit should now have autocomplete support for Python or C++ code.