<p>On Linux this is possible because there is an embedded terminal in the messages area and commands can be executed there.  But there is no GTK embedded terminal for windows, the "standard" one libvte is not available for windows.  See also <a class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-error-text="Failed to load issue title" data-id="109697542" data-permission-text="Issue title is private" data-url="https://github.com/geany/geany/issues/675" href="https://github.com/geany/geany/issues/675">#675</a></p>

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