How to open a terminal from within Atom?

Question

I'm currently working with Atom, and sometimes I want to open a terminal on the directory my working file is. To do this, I usually have to open the folder in nautilus (right clicking the file in atom) and then I open a terminal on that directory from nautilus (right click).

I wonder if there is a way to open the terminal in the file directory without having to open nautilus first.

Solution 1

Try this package, I think it has exactly what you want.

Also, I suggest you to install term3 package. It works great for me, and I just don't have to bother with switching the windows as the terminal window is inside the atom editor.

Good luck!

Solution 2

I use the terminal-plus package to open my terminal from within the Atom text editor. You can see the package in action in this short video clip I made here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFAzqvYoHJs&t=11m14s.

After installing the package, to start the terminal within Atom you can use the GUI or use cmd-shift-t on Mac or ctrl-shift-t on Windows/Linux to bring up a terminal in the editor. To spawn another terminal session you repeat the previous command.

Solution 3

An option could be Platformio IDE Terminal (terminal package for Atom).

Some ot their features are:

• Terminal Naming
• Color Coding
• Sorting
• Insert selected text

Solution 4

There are a lot of terminal packages you can use in Atom. The packages which I recommend are :-

1. terminal-plus

2. atom-terminal-panel

3. term3

4. atom-terminal

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Comments

[jrg]

Hi! Can you put the essential details from the video in your answer? That way people can follow along a little faster and see what's what. Thanks!