<chapter id="insertcommand">
<chapterinfo>

<title>Insert Command</title>

<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Anders</firstname>
<surname>Lund</surname>
<affiliation>
<address>&Anders.Lund.mail;</address>
</affiliation>
</author>
</authorgroup>
<date>2006-05-17</date>
<releaseinfo>3.5.2</releaseinfo>
<abstract>
<para>
The <quote>Insert Command</quote> plugin allows you to insert shell
command output into a document open in &kate;.
</para>
</abstract>
<keywordset>
<keyword>KDE</keyword>
<keyword>kate</keyword>
<keyword>insert</keyword>
</keywordset>
</chapterinfo>

<title>Introduction</title>

<para>The <quote>Insert Command</quote> plugin allows you to insert
shell command output into a document open in &kate;.</para>

<para>First enable the <quote>Insert Command</quote> plugin by using the 
<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Configure
&kate;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> dialog and checking <guilabel>&kate;
InsertCommand</guilabel> in in the <guilabel>Application</guilabel>
<guilabel>Plugins</guilabel> section and close the dialog.</para>

<sect1 id="insertcommand-fund">
<title>Onscreen Fundamentals</title>

<para>
<!-- Basics of using this plugin --> To use the plugin, select
<guimenu>Insert Command...</guimenu> from the <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
menu, which will present you with a small dialog for entering the
command, choosing a working folder and selecting whether to include
errors (STDERR output) in the inserted text. You can also have the
command string printed above the output.
</para>

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<imageobject><imagedata format="PNG" fileref="insertcommand.png"/></imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>The Insert Command Dialog</phrase>
</textobject>
</mediaobject>

<para>The plugin can remember a number of commands as chosen in the
configuration page. These are used for autocompletion, and can be
selected from a list in the command entry. </para>

<para>By default, the command will be run in the working folder of the
kate process, which is usually your home folder. This can be changed
in the configuration page for the plugin. </para>

<para>Note that any shell command that requires user input (for
example passwd) or uses a ncurses interface or something similar (for
example top) will fail to produce the expected output. </para>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="insertcommand-config">
<title>Configuration</title>

<para>
To configure the <quote>Insert Command</quote>
plugin, open the &kate; configuration dialog from the
<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure
&kate;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu and choose 
<menuchoice><guimenuitem>Plugins</guimenuitem><guilabel>Insert Command
</guilabel></menuchoice>. </para>

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<imageobject><imagedata format="PNG"
fileref="configure_insertcommand.png"/></imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>The Insert Command Configuration Tab</phrase>
</textobject>
</mediaobject>

<para>
The following configuration options are available:
</para>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Number of commands to remember</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>This setting is presented as a spinbox which you can set to the
number of commands to be remembered. Any number from 0 to 99 is
legal. Default is 20.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Default Working Folder</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>This setting, presented as a set of radio buttons, allows you to
decide how the working folder of a command is chosen. The options are
the working folder of the &kate; process (usually your home folder when &kate; is started from the K menu), the folder of the document (if any, otherwise the
above option is used) or the working folder of the last command run in
the plugin. </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>


</sect1>

<sect1 id="insertcommand-thanks-and-acknowledgements">
<title>Thanks and Acknowledgments</title>

<para>
&kate; Plugin <quote>Insert Command</quote> copyright 2001 Anders Lund
&Anders.Lund.mail;.
</para>

<para>
Documentation copyright 2001 &Anders.Lund; &Anders.Lund.mail;
</para>

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&underGPL;

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