Can't work...

[cjli]

I download the files and unpack them into ~/.gnome2/gedit/plugins/

However, when I restart gedit, I just can't find the button to activate it in Edit -> Preferences -> Plugins menu....

My folder structure is like this:

.gnome2 (folder)
gedit (folder)
plugins (folder)
zencoding (folder)
README.md
UNLICENSE.md
zencoding.gedit-plugin

How can I make it work?

btw, my gedit version is 2.8.1

Thanks.

[octopusinvitro]

I have the same issue. I also installed it in .local/share and it doesn't work there neither.
This is my tree structure:

gedit
└── plugins
    ├── zencoding
    │   ├── filters
    │   │   ├── comment.py
    │   │   ├── escape.py
    │   │   ├── format-css.py
    │   │   ├── format.py
    │   │   ├── haml.py
    │   │   ├── html.py
    │   │   ├── __init__.py
    │   │   └── xsl.py
    │   ├── html_matcher.py
    │   ├── __init__.py
    │   ├── plugin.py
    │   ├── stparser.py
    │   ├── zen_actions.py
    │   ├── zen_core.py
    │   ├── zen_dialog.py
    │   ├── zen_editor.py
    │   └── zen_settings.py
    └── zencoding.gedit-plugin

Since the last commit is from 2010, I wonder if the author is still supporting this plugin?