diff --git a/kpadgtk3 b/kpadgtk3
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diff --git a/kpadgtk3.pl b/kpadgtk3.pl
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--- a/kpadgtk3.pl
+++ b/kpadgtk3.pl
@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
+use strict;
+use warnings;
 use Gtk3 '-init';
 use Glib qw(TRUE FALSE);
 use File::Glob;
 use FileHandle;
 use LWP::Simple;
 use Gtk3::SourceView;
+use IPC::Open3;
+use IO::Select;
 
 # Declare global variables
-our $textbuffer;  # SourceView buffer for the editor
-our $textview;    # SourceView widget
-our $statusbar;   # Status bar for feedback
-our $open;        # Current file path
+our $textbuffer;      # SourceView buffer for the editor
+our $textview;        # SourceView widget for editor
+our $statusbar;       # Status bar for feedback
+our $open;            # Current file path
 our $track = 'init';  # Tracks modifications
+our $shell_buffer;    # SourceView buffer for pshell
+our $shell_view;      # SourceView widget for pshell
+our $shell_scrolled;  # Scrolled window for pshell
+our $shell_pid;       # pshell process ID
 
 # Base directory setup (reused from your code)
 my ($ar) = @ARGV;
@@ -166,6 +174,12 @@ my $which_line_item = Gtk3::MenuItem->new_with_label('Which Line?');
 $which_line_item->signal_connect(activate => \&which_line_dialog);
 $tools_menu->append($which_line_item);
 
+my $toggle_shell = Gtk3::MenuItem->new_with_label('Toggle pshell');
+$toggle_shell->signal_connect(activate => sub {
+    $shell_scrolled->set_visible(!$shell_scrolled->get_visible);
+});
+$tools_menu->append($toggle_shell);
+
 # HTML menu
 my $html_menu = Gtk3::Menu->new;
 my $html_item = Gtk3::MenuItem->new_with_label('HTML');
@@ -210,9 +224,13 @@ $about_item->signal_connect(activate => sub {
 });
 $help_menu->append($about_item);
 
-# Text view with SourceView
+# Split pane for editor and pshell
+my $paned = Gtk3::Paned->new('vertical');
+$vbox->pack_start($paned, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
+
+# Editor (SourceView)
 my $scrolled = Gtk3::ScrolledWindow->new(undef, undef);
-$vbox->pack_start($scrolled, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
+$paned->pack1($scrolled, TRUE, TRUE);
 $textview = Gtk3::SourceView::View->new;
 $textview->set_wrap_mode('word');
 $textview->set_show_line_numbers(TRUE);
@@ -224,6 +242,84 @@ my $language = $lang_manager->get_language('perl');
 $textbuffer->set_language($language) if $language;
 $textbuffer->set_highlight_syntax(TRUE);
 
+# pshell panel (SourceView)
+$shell_scrolled = Gtk3::ScrolledWindow->new(undef, undef);
+$paned->pack2($shell_scrolled, FALSE, TRUE);
+$shell_view = Gtk3::SourceView::View->new;
+$shell_view->set_wrap_mode('word');
+$shell_view->set_editable(TRUE);
+$shell_scrolled->add($shell_view);
+$shell_buffer = $shell_view->get_buffer;
+my $shell_lang = $lang_manager->get_language('perl');
+$shell_buffer->set_language($shell_lang) if $shell_lang;
+$shell_buffer->set_highlight_syntax(TRUE);
+$shell_buffer->set_text("pshell:/home/kake26/projects/perl/kpadold> ");
+
+# Start pshell
+my ($wtr, $rdr, $err);
+my $pshell_path = "$basedir/pshell";
+if (!-x $pshell_path) {
+    $statusbar->push(0, "Error: pshell not found or not executable at $pshell_path");
+} else {
+    eval {
+        $shell_pid = open3($wtr, $rdr, $err, $pshell_path);
+        1;
+    } or do {
+        $statusbar->push(0, "Failed to start pshell: $@");
+        $shell_buffer->set_text("Error: Could not start pshell\n");
+    };
+    if ($shell_pid && defined $rdr && defined $err) {
+        # Ensure unbuffered output
+        select($wtr); $| = 1; select(STDOUT);
+        # Non-blocking read for pshell stdout and stderr
+        my $selector = IO::Select->new($rdr, $err);
+        Glib::IO->add_watch(fileno($rdr), ['in', 'hup'], sub {
+            my ($fileno, $condition) = @_;
+            if ($condition & 'in') {
+                my $output;
+                sysread($rdr, $output, 4096); # Increased buffer size
+                if ($output) {
+                    $output =~ s/pshell:[^\n>]*> //g; # Strip prompt if included
+                    $shell_buffer->insert_at_cursor($output);
+                    $shell_view->scroll_to_iter($shell_buffer->get_end_iter, 0, FALSE, 0, 0);
+                }
+            }
+            return FALSE if $condition & 'hup';
+            return TRUE;
+        }) if defined $rdr;
+        Glib::IO->add_watch(fileno($err), ['in', 'hup'], sub {
+            my ($fileno, $condition) = @_;
+            if ($condition & 'in') {
+                my $output;
+                sysread($err, $output, 4096);
+                if ($output) {
+                    $output =~ s/pshell:[^\n>]*> //g; # Strip prompt if included
+                    $shell_buffer->insert_at_cursor($output);
+                    $shell_view->scroll_to_iter($shell_buffer->get_end_iter, 0, FALSE, 0, 0);
+                }
+            }
+            return FALSE if $condition & 'hup';
+            return TRUE;
+        }) if defined $err;
+    }
+}
+
+# Handle pshell input
+$shell_view->signal_connect('key-press-event' => sub {
+    my ($widget, $event) = @_;
+    if ($event->keyval == Gtk3::Gdk::KEY_Return) {
+        my ($start, $end) = $shell_buffer->get_bounds;
+        my $text = $shell_buffer->get_text($start, $end, TRUE);
+        my ($cmd) = $text =~ /pshell:[^\n>]*> (.*?)$/s;
+        if (defined $cmd && defined $wtr) {
+            print $wtr "$cmd\n";
+            $shell_buffer->insert_at_cursor("\npshell:$ENV{HOME}> ");
+        }
+        return TRUE;
+    }
+    return FALSE;
+});
+
 # CSS styling for Kubuntu
 my $provider = Gtk3::CssProvider->new;
 $provider->load_from_data('
@@ -499,6 +595,8 @@ sub tapp {
             save_file();
         }
     }
+    # Kill pshell process
+    kill 'TERM', $shell_pid if $shell_pid;
     Gtk3->main_quit;
 }
 
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