Is there an Eclipse plugin to run system shell in the Console?

Question

Do you know of any Eclipse plugin to run a system shell in the included console? It would be awesome. Dolphin, KDE's file navigator, has this feature, you can press F4 and a console shows located on the directory you are standing.

It would be awesome to have a similar feature on Eclipse, with the shell located on the directory of the project/file you are working on.

Does this plugin exist?

If not, would it be too complicated to code such a plugin? I have no idea about eclipse plugin development (yet).

Answer 1

I just found out about WickedShell, but it seems to work wrong with GNU/Linux and bash. Seems like some sort of encoding issue, all the characters in my prompt are displayed wrong.

Seems to be the best (only) tool for the job anyways, so I'll give it some more testing and see if it's good enough. I'll contact the developer anyways about this issue.

Answer 2

It exists, and it's built into Eclipse! Go to the Remote Systems view, and you'll see an entry for "Local". Right-click "Local Shells" and choose "Launch Shell."

You can't launch it directly from the project navigator. But you can right-click in the navigator and choose "Show in Remote Systems view". From there you can right-click the parent folder and choose "Launch Shell."

Answer 3

I just found out about WickedShell, but it seems to work wrong with GNU/Linux and bash. Seems like some sort of encoding issue, all the characters in my prompt are displayed wrong.

If you have a coloured shell prompt, that'll do it. You could try removing shell codes for colour temporarily, or possible add a check to see if a shell supports colour before setting your coloured prompt.