# Running ruby within jEdit

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-ruby-within-jedit/49702>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 7, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-ruby-within-jedit/49702 "2005-12-07T21:32:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![davemontalvo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@davemontalvo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davemontalvo)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-ruby-within-jedit/49702/1 "2005-12-07T21:32:54Z")

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is this possible? i’ve got the ruby plugin installed and I want to be  
able to run a script within jedit and capture the output similar to  
how it’s done with scite. any suggestions?

dave

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**Author:** ![davemontalvo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@davemontalvo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davemontalvo)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 1:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-ruby-within-jedit/49702/2 "2005-12-08T13:41:13Z")

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Dave Montalvo wrote:

> is this possible? i’ve got the ruby plugin installed and I want to be  
> able to run a script within jedit and capture the output similar to  
> how it’s done with scite. any suggestions?
> 
> dave

You can use the console plugin to execute your ruby scripts and all  
output is displayed there. (The console acts like a terminal.)

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**Author:** ![davemontalvo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@davemontalvo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davemontalvo)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 2:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-ruby-within-jedit/49702/3 "2005-12-08T14:30:27Z")

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thanks mitchell. works pretty well.