Formatting XML in GEdit with Xmllint

This is just to write down my notes.

Extending Gedit functionality with external tools/scripts is apparently possible and quite easy.

Just go to Edit -> Preferences, select tab Plugins and add the plugin "External Tools".

Once that is done, you can add your own tools, by going to Extra -> Management External Tools -> add your own.

It doesn't really get much easier than that.

I tried it by incorporating xmllint, in the following fashion, and it worked like a charm:

#!/bin/sh
xmllint --format $GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_PATH

I did, of course, change some settings, like:

input

document

Output

replace-document

Of course, it could be a lot better, as right now it is using the file on the filesystem, without the changes made in the editor. But for now it suits me just fine.

References

GEdit - ExternalTools

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit/Plugins/ExternalTools