Geany 0.11

Enrico Tröger

Nick Treleaven

Frank Lanitz

Copyright © 2005-2007

This document is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License,
or (at your option) any later version. A copy of this license can be found in
the file COPYING included with the source code of this program and see
Appendix D, GNU General Public License.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

    About Geany
    About this document
    Where to get it
    License

2. Installation

    Requirements
    Source compilation
    Binary packages

        Fedora
        Debian
        SuSE
        Gentoo

3. Usage

    Getting started
    Command line options
    General

        Startup
        Opening files from the command-line in a running instance
        Virtual terminal emulator widget (VTE)
        Defining own widget styles using .gtkrc-2.0

    Character sets and Unicode Byte-Order-Mark (BOM)

        Using character sets
        Special encoding "None"
        Unicode Byte-Order-Mark (BOM)

    Editing

        Drag and drop of text
        Auto indentation
        Construct completion
        Bookmarks
        Send text through definable commands
        Context actions

    Search, replace and go to

        Find
        Find usage
        Find in files
        Replace
        Go to tag definition
        Go to tag declaration
        Go to line
        Regular expressions

    Tags

        Workspace tags
        Global tags

    Preferences
    Project Management

        New Project
        Project Properties
        Close Project
        Open Project

    Build system

        Compile
        Build
        Make all
        Make custom target
        Make object
        Execute
        Stopping running processes
        Set Includes and Arguments
        Indicators
        File type configuration settings

    Printing support
    Keybindings

4. Configuration files

    Filetype definition files

        Format
        Special file filetypes.common

    Filetype extensions
    Templates

        Template metadata
        Filetype templates
        Customizing templates

A. Contributing to this document
B. Scintilla keyboard commands

    Keyboard commands

C. Compile time options
D. GNU General Public License

    Preamble
    TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION

        Section 0
        Section 1
        Section 2
        Section 3
        Section 4
        Section 5
        Section 6
        Section 7
        Section 8
        Section 9
        Section 10
        Section 11 NO WARRANTY
        Section 12

    How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs

E. License for Scintilla and SciTE

List of Figures

3.1. Find dialog
3.2. Find in files dialog
3.3. Replace dialog
3.4. General tab in preferences dialog
3.5. Interface tab in preferences dialog
3.6. Toolbar tab in preferences dialog
3.7. Files tab in preferences dialog
3.8. Editor tab in preferences dialog
3.9. Tools tab in preferences dialog
3.10. Template tab in preferences dialog
3.11. Keybinding tab in preferences dialog
3.12. VTE tab in preferences dialog

List of Tables

3.1. Command line Options
3.2. Regular expressions
3.3. Keybindings action table
4.1. General settings
4.2. Build settings
4.3. General settings
4.4. Template wildcards
B.1. Scintilla keyboard commands
C.1. Compile time options

List of Examples

4.1. Comment indentation

Chapter 1.  Introduction

Table of Contents

About Geany
About this document
Where to get it
License

About Geany

Geany is a small and lightweight Integrated Development Environment. It was
developed to provide a small and fast IDE, which has only a few dependencies
from other packages. Another goal was to be as independent as possible from a
special Desktop Environment like KDE or GNOME, so Geany only requires the GTK2
toolkit and therefore you only need the GTK2 runtime libraries installed to run
it.

The basic features of Geany are:

  ● Syntax highlighting

  ● Code completion

  ● Auto completion of often-used constructs like "if", "for" and "while"

  ● Auto completion of XML and HTML tags

  ● Call tips

  ● Many supported filetypes including C, Java, PHP, HTML, Python, Perl,
    Pascal, and others

  ● Tag/Symbol lists

About this document

This documentation is available in various formats like HTML, text and PDF. The
latest version is always available at http://geany.uvena.de.

Where to get it

You can obtain Geany from http://geany.uvena.de or perhaps from your
distributor.

License

Geany is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version. A copy of this license can be found in the
file COPYING included with the source code of this program or see Appendix D,
GNU General Public License.

The included Scintilla library (found in the subdirectory scintilla/) has its
own license, which can be found in the appendix (see Appendix E, License for
Scintilla and SciTE).

Chapter 2.  Installation

Table of Contents

Requirements
Source compilation
Binary packages

    Fedora
    Debian
    SuSE
    Gentoo

Requirements

For compiling Geany yourself, you will need the GTK (>= 2.6.0) libraries and
header files. You will also need the Pango, Glib and ATK libraries and header
files. All these files are available at http://www.gtk.org.

Furthermore you need, of course, a C compiler and the Make tool; a C++ compiler
is also required for the included Scintilla library. The GNU versions of these
tools are recommended.

Source compilation

Compiling Geany is quite easy. The following should do it:

                                        % ./configure
                                        % make
                                        % make install

The configure script supports several common options, for a detailed list, type

                                        % ./configure --help

There also some compile time options which can be found in src/geany.h. Please
see Appendix C, Compile time options for more information.

In the case that your system lacks dynamic linking loader support, you probably
want to pass the option --disable-vte to the configure script. This prevents
compiling Geany with dynamic linking loader support to automatically load
libvte.so.4 if available.

Geany has been successfully compiled and tested under Debian 3.1 Sarge, Debian
4.0 Etch, Fedora Core 3/4/5, LinuxFromScratch and FreeBSD 6.0. It also compiles
under Microsoft Windows™.

If there are any errors during compilation, check your build environment and
try to find the error, otherwise contact the author at <enrico.troeger@uvena.de
>.

Binary packages

Fedora

You can use the Fedora Core 4 repository from http://naturidentisch.de/packages
/fc4/.

You can also use the Fedora Core 5 repository from http://naturidentisch.de/
packages/fc5/.

Debian

Geany is available through the official Debian archives.

apt-get install geany

SuSE

Packages for SuSE are not yet available.

Gentoo

An ebuild for Gentoo can be found on http://bugs.gentoo.de.

Chapter 3. Usage

Table of Contents

Getting started
Command line options
General

    Startup
    Opening files from the command-line in a running instance
    Virtual terminal emulator widget (VTE)
    Defining own widget styles using .gtkrc-2.0

Character sets and Unicode Byte-Order-Mark (BOM)

    Using character sets
    Special encoding "None"
    Unicode Byte-Order-Mark (BOM)

Editing

    Drag and drop of text
    Auto indentation
    Construct completion
    Bookmarks
    Send text through definable commands
    Context actions

Search, replace and go to

    Find
    Find usage
    Find in files
    Replace
    Go to tag definition
    Go to tag declaration
    Go to line
    Regular expressions

Tags

    Workspace tags
    Global tags

Preferences
Project Management

    New Project
    Project Properties
    Close Project
    Open Project

Build system

    Compile
    Build
    Make all
    Make custom target
    Make object
    Execute
    Stopping running processes
    Set Includes and Arguments
    Indicators
    File type configuration settings

Printing support
Keybindings

Getting started

You can start Geany in the following ways:

  ● From the Desktop Environment menu

    Choose in your application menu of your used Desktop Environment:
    Development → Geany.

  ● From the command line

    To start Geany from a command line, type the following and press Return:

                                                                    % geany


Command line options

Table 3.1. Command line Options

┌──────────┬────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Short   │  Long option   │                    Function                     │
│  option  │                │                                                 │
├──────────┼────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│          │ --column       │ Set initial column number for the first opened  │
│          │                │ file.                                           │
├──────────┼────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│          │                │ Use an alternate configuration directory.       │
│ -c       │ --config=      │ Default configuration directory is ~/.geany/    │
│ dir_name │ directory_name │ and there resides geany.conf and other          │
│          │                │ configuration files.                            │
├──────────┼────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ -d       │ --debug        │ Run Geany in debug mode, which means being      │
│          │                │ verbose and printing lots of information.       │
├──────────┼────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│          │                │ Do not open files in a running instance, force  │
│ -i       │ --new-instance │ opening a new instance. Only available if Geany │
│          │                │ was compiled with support for Sockets.          │
├──────────┼────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ -l       │ --line         │ Set initial line number for the first opened    │
│          │                │ file.                                           │
├──────────┼────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│          │                │ Do not show the message window. Use this option │
│ -m       │ --no-msgwin    │ if you do not need compiler messages or VTE     │
│          │                │ support.                                        │
├──────────┼────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ -n       │ --no-ctags     │ Do not load auto completion and call tip data.  │
│          │                │ Use this option if you do not want to use them. │
├──────────┼────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ -s       │ --no-session   │ Don't load the previous session's files.        │
├──────────┼────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│          │                │ Do not load terminal support. Use this option   │
│          │                │ if you do not want to load the virtual terminal │
│ -t       │ --no-terminal  │ emulator widget at startup. If you do not have  │
│          │                │ libvte.so.4 installed, then terminal-support is │
│          │                │ automatically disabled. Only available if Geany │
│          │                │ was compiled with support for VTE.              │
├──────────┼────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│          │                │ Specify explicitly the path including filename  │
│          │                │ or only the filename to the VTE library, e.g. / │
│          │ --vte-lib      │ usr/lib/libvte.so or libvte.so. This option is  │
│          │                │ only needed when the autodetection does not     │
│          │                │ work. Only available if Geany was compiled with │
│          │                │ support for VTE.                                │
├──────────┼────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ -v       │ --version      │ Show version information and exit.              │
├──────────┼────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ -?       │ --help         │ Show help information and exit.                 │
├──────────┼────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│          │                │ Open all given files at startup. This option    │
│          │ [files ...]    │ causes Geany to ignore loading stored files     │
│          │                │ from the last session (if enabled).             │
└──────────┴────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘


Geany supports all generic GTK options, a list is available on the help screen.

General

Startup

At startup, Geany loads all files from the last time Geany was launched. You
can disable this feature in the preferences dialog(see Figure 3.4, “General tab
in preferences dialog”). If you specify some files on the command line, only
these files will be opened, but you can find the files from the last session in
the file menu under the "Recent files" item. By default this contains the last
10 recently opened files. You can change the amount of recently opened files in
the preferences dialog.

You can start several instances of Geany, but only the first will load files
from the last session. To run a second instance of Geany, do not specify any
filenames on the command-line, or disable opening files in a running instance
using the appropriate command line option.

Opening files from the command-line in a running instance

Geany detects an already running instance of itself and opens files from the
command-line in the already running instance. So, Geany can be used to view and
edit files by opening them from other programs such as a file manager. If you
do not like this for some reason, you can disable using the first instance by
using the appropriate command line option - see the section called “Command
line options”.

Virtual terminal emulator widget (VTE)

If you have installed libvte.so in your system, it is loaded automatically by
Geany, and you will have a terminal widget in the notebook at the bottom.

If Geany cannot find libvte.so at startup, the terminal widget will not be
loaded. So there is no need to install the package containing this file in
order to run Geany. Additionally, you can disable the use of the terminal
widget by command line option, for more information see the section called
“Command line options”.

You can use this terminal (from now on called VTE) nearly as an usual terminal
program like xterm. There is basic clipboard support. You can paste the
contents of the clipboard by pressing the right mouse button to open the popup
menu and choosing Paste. To copy text from the VTE, just select the desired
text and then press the right mouse button and choose Copy from the popup menu.
On systems running the X Window System you can paste the last selected text by
pressing the middle mouse button in the VTE (on 2-button mice, the middle
button can often be simulated by pressing both mouse buttons together).

In the preferences dialog you can specify a shell which should be started in
the VTE. To make the specified shell a login shell just use the appropriate
command line options for the shell. These options should be found in the manual
page of the shell. For zsh and bash you can use the argument --login.

Note

Geany tries to load libvte.so. If this fails, it tries to load libvte.so.4. If
this fails too, you should check whether you installed libvte correctly. Again,
Geany also runs without this library.

It could be, that the library is called something else than libvte.so.4 (e.g.
on FreeBSD 6.0 it is called libvte.so.8). So please set a link to the correct
file (as root).

# ln -s /usr/lib/libvte.so.X /usr/lib/libvte.so.4

Obviously, you have to adjust the paths and set X to the number of your
libvte.so.

Defining own widget styles using .gtkrc-2.0

You can define your widget style for many of Geany's GUI parts. To do this,
just edit your .gtkrc-2.0 (usually found in your home directory on UNIX-like
systems and in the etc subdirectory of your Geany installation on Windows).

To get a defined style get noticed by Geany you must it assign to one of
Geany's widgets. To do so, use the following line:

widget "Geany*" style "geany_style"

This would assign your already defined style "geany_style" to all Geany
widgets. You can also assign styles only to specific widgets. At the moment you
can use the following widgets:

 1. GeanyMainWindow

 2. GeanyEditMenu

 3. GeanyToolbarMenu

 4. GeanyDialog

 5. GeanyDialogPrefs

 6. GeanyDialogProject

 7. GeanyDialogSearch

Example of a simple .gtkrc-2.0:

style "geanyStyle"
{
        font_name="Sans 12"
}
widget "GeanyMainWindow" style "geanyStyle"

style "geanyStyle"
{
        font_name="Sans 10"
}
widget "GeanyPrefsDialog" style "geanyStyle"

Character sets and Unicode Byte-Order-Mark (BOM)

Using character sets

Geany provides support for detecting and converting character sets. So you can
open and save files in different character sets and even can convert a file
from a character set to another one. To do this, Geany uses the character
conversion capabilities of the GLib.

Only text files are supported, i.e. opening files which contain NUL-bytes may
fail. Geany will try to open the file anyway but it is likely that the file
will be truncated because it can only opened up to the first occurrence of the
first NUL-byte. All characters after this position are lost and are not written
when you save the file.

Geany tries to detect the encoding of a file while opening it. It might be that
the encoding of a file cannot be detected correctly so you have to set manually
the encoding of the file in order to display it correctly. You can this in the
file open dialog by selecting an encoding in the drop down box or by reloading
the file with the file menu item "Reload as". The auto detection works well for
most encodings but there are also some encodings known where auto detection has
its problems. Auto detecting the encoding of a file is not easy and sometimes
an encoding might be detected not correctly.

There are different ways to use different encodings in Geany:

 1. Using the file open dialog

    This opens the file with the encoding specified in the encoding drop down
    box. If the encoding is set to "Detect from file" auto detection will be
    used. If the encoding is set to "Without encoding (None)" the file will be
    opened without any character conversion and Geany will not try to auto
    detect the encoding(see below for more information).

 2. Using the "Reload as" menu item

    This item reloads the current file with the specified encoding. It can help
    if you opened a file and found out that a wrong encoding was used.

 3. Using the "Set encoding" menu item

    In contrary to the above two options, this will not change or reload the
    current file unless you save it. It is useful when you want to change the
    encoding of the file.

Special encoding "None"

There is a special encoding "None" which is actually no real encoding. It is
useful when you know that Geany cannot auto detect the encoding of a file and
it is not displayed correctly. Especially when the file contains NUL-bytes this
can be useful to skip auto detection and open the file properly at least until
the occurrence of the first NUL-byte. Using this encoding opens the file as it
is without any character conversion.

Unicode Byte-Order-Mark (BOM)

Furthermore, Geany detects an Unicode Byte Order Mark (see http://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_Order_Mark for details). Of course, this feature is
only available if the opened file is in an unicode encoding. The Byte Order
Mark helps to detect the encoding of a file, e.g. whether it is UTF-16LE or
UTF-16BE and so on. On Unix-like systems using a Byte Order Mark could cause
some problems, e.g. the gcc stops with stray errors, PHP does not parse a
script containing a BOM and script files starting with a she-bang maybe cannot
be started. In the status bar you can easily see whether the file starts with a
BOM or not. If you want to set a BOM for a file or if you want to remove it
from a file, just use the document menu and toggle the checkbox.

Note

If you are unsure what a BOM is or if you do not understand where to use it,
then it is not important for you and you can safely ignore it.

Editing

Drag and drop of text

If you drag selected text in the editor widget of Geany the text is moved to
the position where the mouse pointer is when releasing the mouse button.
Holding Control when releasing the mouse button will copy the text instead.
This behaviour was changed in Geany 0.11 - before the selected text was copied
to the new position.

Auto indentation

Geany knows three types of auto indentation: None, Basic and Advanced.

Auto indentation types

None

    Disables auto indentation completely.

Basic

    Adds the same amount of whitespace on a new line as on the last line.

Advanced

    Does the same as Basic but also indents curly brackets and adds a tabulator
    character (or spaces) on a new line after an opening '{' brace.

Construct completion

Built-in construct completion is available for C-like languages. By default the
Tab key is used straight after typing the construct keyword.

Example: for<TAB>

typed into a C file expands to:

for (i = 0; i < ; i++)
{

}

Bookmarks

Geany provides a handy bookmarking feature that lets you mark one or more lines
in a document, and return the cursor to them using a key combination.

To place a mark on a line, either left-mouse-click in the left margin of the
editor window, or else use Ctrl-m. Either way, this will produce a small green
plus symbol in the margin. You can have as many marks in a document as you
like. Click again (or use Ctrl-m again) to remove the bookmark. To remove all
the marks in a given document, use "Remove Markers" in the Document menu.

To navigate down your document, jumping from one mark to the next, use Ctrl-.
(control period). To go in the opposite direction on the page, use Ctrl-,
(control comma). Using the bookmarking feature together with the commands to
switch from one editor tab to another (Ctrl-PgUp/PgDn and Ctrl-Tab) provides a
particularly fast way to navigate around multiple files.

Send text through definable commands

You can define several custom commands in Geany and send the current selection
to one of these commands. The output of the command will be used to replace the
current selection. So, it is possible to use text formatting tools with Geany
in a general way. The selected text will be sent to the standard input of the
executed command, so the command should be able to read from it and it should
print all results to its standard output which will be read by Geany. To help
finding errors in executing the command, the output of the program's standard
error will be printed on Geany's standard output.

To add a custom command, just go to the Set Custom Commands dialog in the
Format sub menu of the Edit and Popup menu. Then click on Add to get a new text
entry and type the command. You can also specify some command line options. To
delete a command, just clear the text entry and press Ok. It will be deleted
automatically.

Context actions

You can execute a specified command on the current word near the cursor
position or an available selection and this word is passed as an argument to
this command. It can be used for example to open some API documentation in a
browser window or open any other external program. To do this, there is an menu
entry in the popup menu of the editor widget and also a keyboard shortcut(see
the section called “Keybindings”).

The command can be specified in the preferences dialog and additionally for
each filetype (see "context_action_cmd" in the section called “Format”). At
executing, the filetype specific command is used if available otherwise the
command specified in the preferences dialog is executed.

The passed word can be referred with the wildcard "%s" everywhere in the
command, before executing it will be replaced by the current word. For example,
the command to open the PHP API documentation would be:

firefox "http://www.php.net/%s"

when executing the command, the %s is substituted by the word near the cursor
position or by the current selection. If the cursor is at the word "echo", a
browser window will open(assumed your browser is called firefox) and it will
open the address: http://www.php.net/echo.

Search, replace and go to

This section describes search-related commands from the Search menu and the
editor window's popup menu:

  ● Find

  ● Find usage *

  ● Find in files

  ● Replace

  ● Go to tag definition *

  ● Go to tag declaration *

  ● Go to line

* These items are available from the editor window's popup menu, or by using a
keyboard shortcut (see the section called “Keybindings”).

Find

The Find dialog is used for finding text in one or more open documents.

Figure 3.1. Find dialog

Find dialog


Matching options

The syntax for the Use regular expressions option is shown in Table 3.2,
“Regular expressions”.

The Use escape sequences option will transform any escaped characters into
their UTF-8 equivalent. For example, \t will be transformed into a tab
character. Other recognised symbols are: \\, \n, \r, \uXXXX (Unicode
chararacters).

Find all

To find all matches, click on the Find All expander. This will reveal several
options:

  ● In Document

  ● In Session

  ● Mark

Find All In Document will show a list of matching lines in the current document
in the Messages tab of the Message Window. Find All In Session does the same
for all open documents.

Mark will set markers for all matching lines in the current document, if the
Markers margin is visible. If not, the background colour of matching lines will
be highlighted. Markers and highlighting can be removed by selecting the Remove
Markers command from the Document menu.

Find usage

Find usage searches all open files. It is similar to the Find All In Session
Find dialog command.

If there is a selection, then it is used as the search text; otherwise the
current word is used. The current word is either taken from the word nearest
the edit cursor, or the word underneath the popup menu click position when the
popup menu is used. The search results are shown in the Messages tab of the
Message Window.

Find in files

Find in files is a more powerful version of Find usage that searches all files
in a certain directory using the Grep tool. The Grep tool must be correctly set
in Preferences to the path of the system's Grep utility. GNU Grep is
recommended.

Figure 3.2. Find in files dialog

Find in files dialog


The Extra options field is used to pass any additional arguments to the grep
tool.

Filtering out version control files

When using the Recurse in subfolders option with a directory that's under
version control, you can set the Extra options field to use grep's --exclude
flag to filter out filenames.

SVN Example: --exclude=*.svn-base

Note

The GNU Grep project added support for excluding directories, using the
--exclude-dir flag. At the time of writing (April 2007) this is unreleased
outside of version control. Check your Grep manual to see if your version
supports it.

Example: --exclude-dir=.* --exclude-dir=CVS

Replace

The Replace dialog is used for replacing text in one or more open documents.

Figure 3.3. Replace dialog

Replace dialog


The Replace dialog has the same options for matching text as the Find dialog.
See the section called “Matching options”.

The Use regular expressions option applies both to the search string and to the
replacement text; for the latter back references can be used - see the entry
for '\n' in Table 3.2, “Regular expressions”.

Replace all

To replace several matches, click on the Replace All expander. This will reveal
several options:

  ● In Document

  ● In Session

  ● In Selection

Replace All In Document will replace all matching text in the current document.
Replace All In Session does the same for all open documents. Replace All In
Selection will replace all matching text in the current selection of the
current document.

Go to tag definition

If the current word is the name of a tag definition (like a function body) and
the file containing the tag definition is open, this command will switch to
that file and go to the corresponding line number. The current word is either
taken from the word nearest the edit cursor, or the word underneath the popup
menu click position when the popup menu is used.

Go to tag declaration

Like Go to tag definition, but for a forward declaration such as a function
prototype or extern declaration instead of a function body.

Go to line

Go to a particular line number in the current file.

Regular expressions

You can use regular expressions in the Find and Replace dialogs by selecting
the Use regular expressions check box. The syntax is POSIX-like, as described
below in Table 3.2, “Regular expressions”.

Note

Searching backwards with regular expressions is not supported.

Table 3.2. Regular expressions

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ In a regular expression, the following characters are interpreted:          │
├────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ .      │ Matches any character.                                             │
├────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ (      │ This marks the start of a region for tagging a match.              │
├────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ )      │ This marks the end of a tagged region.                             │
├────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│        │ Where n is 1 through 9 refers to the first through ninth tagged    │
│ \n     │ region when replacing. For example, if the search string was Fred  │
│        │ ([1-9])XXX and the replace string was Sam\1YYY, when applied to    │
│        │ Fred2XXX this would generate Sam2YYY.                              │
├────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ \<     │ This matches the start of a word.                                  │
├────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ \>     │ This matches the end of a word.                                    │
├────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│        │ This allows you to use a character x that would otherwise have a   │
│ \x     │ special meaning. For example, \[ would be interpreted as [ and not │
│        │ as the start of a character set. Use \\ for a literal backslash.   │
├────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│        │ This indicates a set of characters, for example, [abc] means any   │
│ [...]  │ of the characters a, b or c. You can also use ranges, for example  │
│        │ [a-z] for any lower case character.                                │
├────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ [^...] │ The complement of the characters in the set. For example, [^       │
│        │ A-Za-z] means any character except an alphabetic character.        │
├────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ^      │ This matches the start of a line (unless used inside a set, see    │
│        │ above).                                                            │
├────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ $      │ This matches the end of a line.                                    │
├────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ *      │ This matches 0 or more times. For example, Sa*m matches Sm, Sam,   │
│        │ Saam, Saaam and so on.                                             │
├────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ +      │ This matches 1 or more times. For example, Sa+m matches Sam, Saam, │
│        │ Saaam and so on.                                                   │
└────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘


Partial POSIX compatibility

Note that the POSIX '?' regular expression character for optional matching is
not supported by the Find and Replace dialogs.

Tags

Workspace tags

Tags for each document are parsed whenever a file is loaded or saved. These are
shown in the Symbol list in the Sidebar. These tags are also used for
autocompletion and calltips in other documents open in the current session.

The Go to Tag commands can be used with all workspace tags. See the section
called “Go to tag definition”.

Global tags

Global tags are used to provide autocompletion and calltips without having to
open the corresponding source files. This is intended for library APIs, as the
tags file only has to be updated when you upgrade the library.

You can load a custom global tags file in two ways:

  ● Using the Load Tags command in the File menu.

  ● By creating a directory ~/.geany/tags, and moving or symlinking the tags
    files there before starting Geany.

You can either download these files or generate your own. They have the format:

libraryname.lang_ext.tags

lang_ext is one of the extensions set for the filetype associated with the
tags. See the section called “Filetype extensions” for more information.

Default global tags files

For some languages, a list of global tags is loaded when the corresponding
filetype is first used. Currently these are for:

  ● C - GTK+ and GLib

  ● Pascal

  ● PHP

  ● HTML - &symbol; completion, e.g. for ampersand, copyright, etc.

  ● LaTeX

Generating a global tags file

Filetypes support

Currently this is not yet supported for Pascal, PHP and LaTeX filetypes.

You can generate your own global tags files by parsing a list of source files.
The command is:

geany -g <Tag File> <File list>

  ● Tag File should be in the format described earlier - see the section called
    “Global tags”.

  ● File list is a list of filenames, each with a full path (unless you are
    generating C/C++ tags and have set the CFLAGS environment variable
    appropriately).

Example for the wxD library for the D programming language:

geany -g wxd.d.tags /home/username/wxd/wx/*.d

Generating C/C++ tag files

For C/C++ tag files, gcc and grep are required, so that header files can be
preprocessed to include any other headers they depend upon.

For C/C++ files, the environment variable CFLAGS should be set with appropriate
-I/path include paths. The following example works with the bash shell,
generating tags for the GnomeUI library:

CFLAGS=`pkg-config --cflags libgnomeui-2.0` geany -g gnomeui.c.tags
/usr/include/libgnomeui-2.0/gnome.h

You can adapt this command to use CFLAGS and header files appropriate for
whichever libraries you want.

Replacing the default C/C++ tags file

Geany currently uses a default global tags file global.tags for C and C++,
commonly installed in /usr/share/geany. This file can be replaced with one
containing tags parsed from a different set of header files. When Geany is next
started, your custom tags file will be loaded instead of the default
global.tags. You should keep a copy of the generated tags file because it will
get overwritten when upgrading Geany.

This is a temporary solution - in later versions this will be unnecessary.

Preferences

You may adjust Geany's settings using the Edit --> Preferences dialog. Any
changes you make there can be applied by hitting either the Apply or the Ok
button. These settings will persist between Geany sessions. Note that most
settings here have descriptive popup bubble help -- just hover the mouse over
the item in question to get help on it.

You may also adjust some View settings (under the View menu) that persist
between Geany sessions. The settings under the Document menu, however, are only
for the current document and revert to defaults when restarting Geany.

Note, in the paragraphs that follow, the text describing a dialog tab (if
present) comes after the screenshot of that tab.

Figure 3.4. General tab in preferences dialog

General tab in preferences dialog


The "Context Activation" setting needs to be documented.

Figure 3.5. Interface tab in preferences dialog

Interface tab in preferences dialog


The open files list and the editor tabs are two different ways to switch
between documents using the mouse. When you hit the key combination to move
between tabs, the order is determined by the tab order, not alphabetical as
shown in the open files list (regardless whether or not editor tabs are
visible).

Figure 3.6. Toolbar tab in preferences dialog

Toolbar tab in preferences dialog


Figure 3.7. Files tab in preferences dialog

Files tab in preferences dialog


Figure 3.8. Editor tab in preferences dialog

Editor tab in preferences dialog


Line wrapping refers to the display of the text in the editor. Currently, there
is no setting to have Geany automatically insert newlines into your document
while you type.

Figure 3.9. Tools tab in preferences dialog

Tools tab in preferences dialog


Figure 3.10. Template tab in preferences dialog

Template tab in preferences dialog


Figure 3.11. Keybinding tab in preferences dialog

Keybinding tab in preferences dialog


There are some handy commands in here that are not, by default, bound to a key
combination, and may in fact not even be available as a menu item (for example,
the very handy "Hide and show all additional widgets").

Note

For more information see the section called “Keybindings”.

Figure 3.12. VTE tab in preferences dialog

VTE tab in preferences dialog


Project Management

Project Management is optional in Geany. Currently it can be used for:

  ● Running Make from the project's base directory.

  ● Setting a custom Run command specific to the project.

As long as a project is open, the Make and Run commands will use the project's
settings, instead of the defaults. These will be used whichever document is
currently displayed.

The current project's settings are saved when it is closed, or when Geany is
shutdown. When restarting Geany, the previously opened project file that was in
use at the end of the last session will be reopened.

New Project

To create a new project, fill in the Name field. By default this will setup a
new project file ~/projects/name.geany. Usually it's best to store all your
project files in the same directory (they are independent of any source
directory trees).

The Base path text field is setup to use ~/projects/name. This can safely be
set to any existing path - it will not touch the file structure contained in
it.

Project Properties

You can set an optional description for the project, but it is not used
elsewhere by Geany.

The Base path field is used as the directory to run the Make command in.

The Run command overrides the default run command. You can set this to the
executable or main script file for the project, and append any command-line
arguments.

Close Project

Project file settings are saved when the project is closed.

Open Project

The Open command displays a standard file chooser, starting in ~/projects.

Build system

Geany has an integrated build system. Firstly this means that the current
source file will be saved before it is processed. This is for convenience so
that you don't need to keep saving small changes to the current file before
building.

Secondly the output for Compile, Build and Make actions will be captured in the
Compiler notebook tab of the messages window (assuming you have it visible). If
there are any warnings or errors with line numbers shown in the Compiler output
tab, you can double click on them and Geany will switch to the relevant source
file (if it is open) and mark the line number so the problem can be corrected.
Geany will also set indicators for warnings or errors with line numbers.

Depending on the current file's filetype, the Build menu will contain the
following items:

  ● Compile

  ● Build

  ● Make all

  ● Make custom target

  ● Make object

  ● Execute

  ● Set Includes and Arguments

Compile

The Compile command has different uses for different kinds of files.

For compilable languages such as C and C++, the Compile command is setup to
compile the current source file into a binary object file.

Java source files will be compiled to class file bytecode. Interpreted
languages such as Perl, Python, Ruby will compile to bytecode if the language
supports it, or will run a syntax check, or failing that will run the file in
its language interpreter.

Build

For compilable languages such as C and C++, the Build command will link the
current source file's equivalent object file into an executable. If the object
file does not exist, the source will be compiled and linked in one step,
producing just the executable binary.

Interpreted languages do not use the Build command.

Make all

This effectively runs "make all" in the same directory as the current file.

Note

For each of the Make commands, The Make tool path must be correctly set in the
Tools tab of the Preferences dialog.

Make custom target

This is similar to running 'Make all' but you will be prompted for the make
target name to be passed to the Make tool. For example, typing 'clean' in the
dialog prompt will run "make clean".

Make object

Make object will run "make current_file.o" in the same directory as the current
file, using its prefix for 'current_file'. It is useful for compiling just the
current file without building the whole project.

Execute

Execute will run the corresponding executable file, shell script or interpreted
script in a terminal window. Note that the Terminal tool path must be correctly
set in the Tools tab of the Preferences dialog - you can use any terminal
program that runs a Bourne compatible shell and accept the "-e" command line
argument to start a command.

After your program or script has finished executing, you will be prompted to
press the return key. This allows you to review any text output from the
program before the terminal window is closed.

Stopping running processes

When there is a running program, the Run button in the toolbar becomes a stop
button and you can stop the current action. This works by sending a signal to
the process (and its child process(es)) to stop the process. The used signal is
SIGQUIT.

Depending on the process you started it might occur that the process cannot be
stopped. This can happen when the process creates more than one child process.
Therefore stopping any make actions is not possible because make creates child
processes and these child processes creates again child process. There might be
some other programs which cannot be stopped correctly. Xterm is known to work
properly. If you are using "Terminal" (the terminal program of Xfce), you
should add the command line option "--disable-server" otherwise the started
process cannot be stopped. Just add this option in the preferences dialog on
the Tools tab in the terminal field.

Set Includes and Arguments

By default the Compile and Build commands invoke the compiler and linker with
only the basic arguments needed by all programs. Using Set Includes and
Arguments you can add any include paths and compile flags for the compiler, any
library names and paths for the linker, and any arguments you want to use when
running Execute.

Note

If you are using the Build command to compile and link in one step, you will
need to set both the compiler arguments and the linker arguments in the linker
command setting.

These settings are not saved when Geany is shut down. See below for how to set
permanent arguments.

If you need complex settings for your build system, or several different
settings, then writing a Makefile and using the Make commands is recommended.

Indicators

Indicators are red squiggly underlines which are used to highlight errors which
occured while compiling the current file. So you can easily see where your code
failed to compile. To remove the indicators, just click on "Remove all
indicators" in the document file menu.

If you do not like this feature, you can disable it in the preferences dialog.

File type configuration settings

You can set the commands to run for compiling, building or executing by opening
the relevant filetypes.* configuration file, and checking the [build_settings]
section. See the section called “Filetype definition files” for more
information.

Printing support

Geany has basic printing support. This means you can print a file by passing
the filename of the current file to a command which actually prints the file.
However, the printed document contains no syntax highlighting. You can adjust
the command to which the filename is passed in the preferences dialog. The
default command is:

% lpr %f

%f will be substituted by the filename of the current file. Geany will not show
errors from the command itself, so you should make sure that it works before
(e.g. by trying to execute it from the command line).

A nicer example, which I prefer is:

% a2ps -1 --medium=A4 -o - %f | xfprint4

But this depends on a2ps and xfprint4. As a replacement for xfprint4, gtklp or
similar programs can be used.

Note

The printing support of Geany will be improved in the future. With GTK 2.10,
better printing (including syntax highlighting) will be possible.

Keybindings

Geany supports the default keyboard shortcuts for the Scintilla editing widget.
For a list of these commands, see Appendix B, Scintilla keyboard commands. The
Scintilla keyboard shortcuts will be overridden by any custom keybindings with
the same keyboard shortcut.

For all actions listed below you can define your own keybindings. Open the
Preferences dialog, select the desired action and click on change. In the
opening dialog you can press any key combination you want and it will be saved
when you press OK. You can define only one key combination for one action.

Some of the default key combinations cannot be changed, e.g. menu_new or
menu_open. These are set by GTK and should be kept, but you can still add other
key combinations for these actions. For example to execute menu_open by default
Ctrl-O is set, but you can also define Alt-O, so that the file open dialog is
shown by pressing either Ctrl-O or Alt-O.

The following table lists all customizable keyboard shortcuts.

Table 3.3. Keybindings action table

┌──────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│    Action    │                         Description                          │
├──────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Menu items                                                                  │
├──────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ New          │ Creates a new file.                                          │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Open         │ Opens a file.                                                │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Save         │ Saves the current file.                                      │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Save As      │ Saves the current file under a new name.                     │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Save all     │ Saves all open files.                                        │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Close all    │ Closes all open files.                                       │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Close        │ Closes the current file.                                     │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Reload file  │ Reloads the current file. All unsaved changes will be lost.  │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Print        │ Prints the current file.                                     │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Undo         │ Undoes the last action.                                      │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Redo         │ Redoes the last action.                                      │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Select all   │ Makes a selection of all text in the current document.       │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Insert date  │ Inserts a customisable date.                                 │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Preferences  │ Opens preferences dialog.                                    │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Find Next    │ Finds next result.                                           │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Find         │ Finds previous result.                                       │
│ Previous     │                                                              │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Replace      │ Opens the Replace dialog.                                    │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Find in      │ Opens the Find in files dialog.                              │
│ files        │                                                              │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Next message │ Jumps to the line with the next message from the last call   │
│              │ to Find usage.                                               │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Go to line   │ Opens the Go to line dialog.                                 │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Show Colour  │ Opens the Colour Chooser dialog.                             │
│ Chooser      │                                                              │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Fullscreen   │ Switches to fullscreen mode.                                 │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Toggle       │ Toggles the message window (status and compiler messages) on │
│ Messages     │ and off.                                                     │
│ Window       │                                                              │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Toggle       │ Shows or hides the sidebar.                                  │
│ Sidebar      │                                                              │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Toggle all   │ Hide and show all additional widgets like the notebook tabs, │
│ additional   │ the toolbar, the messages window and the statusbar.          │
│ widgets      │                                                              │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Zoom In      │ Zooms in the text                                            │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Zoom Out     │ Zooms out the text                                           │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Replace tabs │ Replaces all tabs with the right amount of spaces.           │
│ by space     │                                                              │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Fold all     │ Folds all contractible code blocks.                          │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Unfold all   │ Unfolds all contracted code blocks.                          │
├──────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Build options                                                               │
├──────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Compile      │ Compiles the current file.                                   │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Build        │ Builds (compiles if necessary and links) the current file.   │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Make all     │ Builds the current file with the Make tool.                  │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Make custom  │ Builds the current file with the Make tool and a given       │
│ target       │ target.                                                      │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Make object  │ Compiles the current file with the Make tool.                │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Next error   │ Jumps to the line with the next error from the last build    │
│              │ process.                                                     │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Run          │ Executes the current file in a terminal emulation.           │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Run          │                                                              │
│ (alternative │ Executes the current file in a terminal emulation.           │
│ command)     │                                                              │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Build        │ Opens the build options dialog.                              │
│ options      │                                                              │
├──────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Miscellaneous                                                               │
├──────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Reload       │ Reloads the tag/symbol list.                                 │
│ symbol list  │                                                              │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Switch to    │ Switches to editor widget.                                   │
│ Editor       │                                                              │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Switch to    │ Switches to scribble widget.                                 │
│ Scribble     │                                                              │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Switch to    │ Switches to VTE widget.                                      │
│ VTE          │                                                              │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Switch to    │ Switches to the search bar in the toolbar (if visible).      │
│ Search Bar   │                                                              │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Switch to    │                                                              │
│ left         │ Switches to the previous open document.                      │
│ document     │                                                              │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Switch to    │                                                              │
│ right        │ Switches to the next open document.                          │
│ document     │                                                              │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Switch to    │                                                              │
│ last used    │ Switches to the previously selected open document.           │
│ document     │                                                              │
├──────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Editing operations                                                          │
├──────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Convert      │                                                              │
│ selection to │ Converts the current selection to lower case.                │
│ lower case   │                                                              │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Convert      │                                                              │
│ selection to │ Converts the current selection to upper case.                │
│ upper case   │                                                              │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Duplicate    │                                                              │
│ line or      │ Duplicates the current line or selection.                    │
│ selection    │                                                              │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Comment line │ Comments current line or selection.                          │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Uncomment    │ Uncomments current line or selection.                        │
│ line         │                                                              │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Toggle line  │ Comments a line if it is not commented or removes a comment  │
│ commentation │ if the line is commented.                                    │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Increase     │ Indents the current line or selection by one tabulator.      │
│ indent       │                                                              │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Decrease     │ Removes one tabulator from the indentation of the current    │
│ indent       │ line or selection.                                           │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Goto         │ If the cursor is ahead or behind a brace, then it is moved   │
│ matching     │ to the brace which belongs to the current one. If this       │
│ brace        │ keyboard shortcut is pressed again, the cursor is moved back │
│              │ to the first brace.                                          │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Toggle       │ Set a marker on the current line, or clear the marker if     │
│ marker       │ there already is one.                                        │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Goto next    │ Goto the next marker in the current document.                │
│ marker       │                                                              │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Goto         │                                                              │
│ previous     │ Goto the previous marker in the current document.            │
│ marker       │                                                              │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Complete     │ Shows auto completion list.                                  │
│ word         │                                                              │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Show calltip │ Shows call tips for the current function or method.          │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Show macro   │ Shows a list of available macros and variables in the        │
│ list         │ workspace.                                                   │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Complete     │ If you type a construct like if or for and press this key,   │
│ construct    │ it will be completed with a matching template.               │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│              │ If you type a construct like if or for and press this key,   │
│              │ it will not be completed, and a space or tab will be         │
│ Suppress     │ inserted, depending on what the construct completion         │
│ construct    │ keybinding is set to. For example, if you have set the       │
│ completion   │ construct completion keybinding to space, then setting this  │
│              │ to Shift+space will prevent construct completion and insert  │
│              │ a space.                                                     │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Select       │ Selects the current word under the cursor.                   │
│ current word │                                                              │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Insert       │ Inserts a tabulator character when spaces should be used for │
│ alternative  │ indentation and inserts space characters of the amount of a  │
│ whitespace   │ tabulator width when tabulators should be used for           │
│              │ indentation.                                                 │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│              │ Finds all occurrences of the current word (near the keyboard │
│ Find Usage   │ cursor) or selection and displays them in the messages       │
│              │ window.                                                      │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│              │ Jump to the definition of the current word (near the         │
│ Go to tag    │ keyboard cursor). If the definition cannot be found (e.g.    │
│ definition   │ the relevant file is not open) Geany will beep and do        │
│              │ nothing. See the section called “Go to tag definition”.      │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│              │ Jump to the declaration of the current word (near the        │
│ Go to tag    │ keyboard cursor). If the declaration cannot be found (e.g.   │
│ declaration  │ the relevant file is not open) Geany will beep and do        │
│              │ nothing. See the section called “Go to tag definition”.      │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Context      │ Executes a command and passes the current word (near the     │
│ Action       │ cursor postion) or selection as an argument. See the section │
│              │ called “Context actions”.                                    │
└──────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘


Chapter 4. Configuration files

Table of Contents

Filetype definition files

    Format
    Special file filetypes.common

Filetype extensions
Templates

    Template metadata
    Filetype templates
    Customizing templates

Filetype definition files

All colour definitions and other filetype specific settings are stored in the
filetype definition files. Those settings are colours for syntax highlighting,
general settings like comment characters or word delimiter characters as well
as compiler and linker settings.

The system-wide configuration files can be found in $prefix/share/geany and are
called filetypes.$ext, where $prefix is the path where Geany is installed
(commonly /usr/local) and $ext is the name of the filetype. For every filetype
there is a corresponding definition file. There is one exception:
filetypes.common - this file is for general settings, which are not specific to
a certain filetype. It is not recommended to edit the system-wide files,
because they will be overridden when Geany is updated.

To change the settings, copy a file from $prefix/share/geany to the
subdirectory filedefs in your configuration directory (usually ~/.geany/).

For example:

% cp /usr/local/share/geany/filetypes.c /home/username/.geany/filedefs/

Then you can edit the file and the changes are also available after an update
of Geany because they reside in your configuration directory. Alternatively,
you can create a file ~/.geany/filedefs/filetypes.X and add only these settings
you want to change. All missing settings will be read from the corresponding
global definition file in $prefix/share/geany.

Format

[styling] Section

In this section the colours for syntax highlighting are defined. The format is
always: key=forground_colour;background_colour;bold;italic

Colours have to be specified as RGB hex values prefixed by 0x. For example red
is 0xff0000, blue is 0x0000ff. The values are case-insensitive, but it is a
good idea to use small letters. Bold and italic are flags and should only be
"true" or "false". If their value is something other than "true" or "false",
"false" is assumed.

[keywords] Section

This section contains keys for different keyword lists specific to the
filetype. Some filetypes do not support keywords, so adding a new key will not
work. You can only add or remove keywords to/from an existing list.

Important

The keywords list must be in one line without line ending characters.

[settings] Section

Table 4.1. General settings

┌────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────┐
│        Key         │            Description            │      Example       │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│                    │ These characters define word      │                    │
│ wordchars          │ boundaries when making selections │ (look at system    │
│                    │ and searching using word matching │ filetypes.* files) │
│                    │ options.                          │                    │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│                    │ A character or string which is    │                    │
│                    │ used to comment code. If you want │                    │
│ comment_open       │ to use multiline comments, also   │ comment_open=/*    │
│                    │ set comment_close, otherwise      │                    │
│                    │ leave it empty.                   │                    │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│                    │ If multiline comments are used,   │                    │
│ comment_close      │ this is the character or string   │ comment_close=*/   │
│                    │ to close the comment.             │                    │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│                    │ Set this to false if a comment    │                    │
│                    │ character or string should start  │                    │
│                    │ at column 0 of a line. If set to  │                    │
│                    │ true it uses any indentation of   │                    │
│                    │ the line.                         │                    │
│                    │                                   │                    │
│                    │ Example 4.1. Comment indentation  │                    │
│                    │                                   │                    │
│                    │ comment_use_indent=true would     │                    │
│                    │ generate this if a line is        │                    │
│                    │ commented (e.g. with Ctrl-D)      │                    │
│                    │                                   │                    │
│ comment_use_indent │         #command_example();       │ comment_use_indent │
│                    │                                   │ =true              │
│                    │ comment_use_indent=false would    │                    │
│                    │ generate this if a line is        │                    │
│                    │ commented (e.g. with Ctrl-D)      │                    │
│                    │                                   │                    │
│                    │ #       command_example();        │                    │
│                    │                                   │                    │
│                    │                                   │                    │
│                    │ Note                              │                    │
│                    │                                   │                    │
│                    │ This setting only works for       │                    │
│                    │ single line comments (like '//',  │                    │
│                    │ '#' or ';').                      │                    │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│                    │ A command which can be executed   │                    │
│                    │ on a certain word or the current  │                    │
│                    │ selection. Example usage: Open    │                    │
│                    │ the API documentation for the     │                    │
│                    │ current function call at the      │                    │
│                    │ cursor position. The command can  │                    │
│                    │ be set for every filetype or if   │                    │
│                    │ not set, a global command will be │                    │
│                    │ used. The command itself can be   │                    │
│                    │ specified without the full path,  │                    │
│                    │ then it is searched in $PATH. But │ context_action_cmd │
│ context_action_cmd │ for security reasons, it is       │ =devhelp -s "%s"   │
│                    │ recommended to specify the full   │                    │
│                    │ path to the command. The wildcard │                    │
│                    │ %s will be replaced by the        │                    │
│                    │ current word at the cursor        │                    │
│                    │ position or by the current        │                    │
│                    │ selection.                        │                    │
│                    │                                   │                    │
│                    │ Hint: for PHP files the following │                    │
│                    │ could be quite useful:            │                    │
│                    │ context_action_cmd=firefox "http: │                    │
│                    │ //www.php.net/%s"                 │                    │
└────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────┘


[build_settings] Section

Table 4.2. Build settings

┌──────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬──────────┐
│   Key    │                      Description                      │ Example  │
├──────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────┤
│          │ This item specifies the command to compile source     │          │
│          │ code files. But it is also possible to use it with    │          │
│          │ interpreted languages like Perl or Python. With these │          │
│          │ filetypes you can use this option as a kind of syntax │          │
│          │ parser, which sends output to the compiler message    │          │
│          │ window.                                               │ compiler │
│ compiler │                                                       │ =gcc     │
│          │ You should quote the filename to also support         │ -Wall -c │
│          │ filenames with spaces. The following wildcards for    │ "%f"     │
│          │ filenames are available:                              │          │
│          │                                                       │          │
│          │   ● %f - complete filename without path               │          │
│          │                                                       │          │
│          │   ● %e - filename without path and without extension  │          │
├──────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────┤
│          │ This item specifies the command to link the file. If  │          │
│          │ the file is not already compiled, it will be compiled │ linker=  │
│ linker   │ while linking. The -o option is automatically added   │ gcc      │
│          │ by Geany. This item works well with GNU gcc, but may  │ -Wall    │
│          │ be problematic with other compilers (esp. with the    │ "%f"     │
│          │ linker).                                              │          │
├──────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────┤
│          │ Use this item to execute your file. It has to have    │          │
│          │ been built already. Use the %e wildcard to have only  │ run_cmd= │
│ run_cmd  │ the name of the executable (i.e. without extension)   │ "./%e"   │
│          │ or use the %f wildcard if you need the complete       │          │
│          │ filename, e.g. for shell scripts.                     │          │
└──────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴──────────┘


Special file filetypes.common

There is a special filetype definition file called filetypes.common. This file
defines some general non-filetype-specific settings.

Table 4.3. General settings

┌────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────┐
│        Key         │            Description            │      Example       │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│                    │ This is the default style. It is  │ default=0x000000;  │
│ default            │ used for styling files without a  │ 0xffffff;false;    │
│                    │ filetype set.                     │ false              │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│                    │ The style for colouring selected  │                    │
│                    │ text. The format is:              │                    │
│                    │                                   │                    │
│                    │   ● Foreground colour             │                    │
│                    │                                   │                    │
│                    │   ● Background colour             │                    │
│                    │                                   │                    │
│                    │   ● Use foreground colour         │ selection=         │
│ selection          │                                   │ 0xc0c0c0;0x00007F; │
│                    │   ● Use background colour         │ true;true          │
│                    │                                   │                    │
│                    │ The colours are only set if the   │                    │
│                    │ 3rd or 4th argument is true. When │                    │
│                    │ the colours are not overridden,   │                    │
│                    │ the default is a dark grey        │                    │
│                    │ background with syntax            │                    │
│                    │ highlighted foreground text.      │                    │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│                    │ The style for brace highlighting  │ brace_good=        │
│ brace_good         │ when a matching brace was found.  │ 0xff0000;0xFFFFFF; │
│                    │                                   │ true;false         │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│                    │ The style for brace highlighting  │ brace_bad=         │
│ brace_bad          │ when no matching brace was found. │ 0x0000ff;0xFFFFFF; │
│                    │                                   │ true;false         │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│                    │ The style for colouring the caret │ caret=0x000000;    │
│ caret              │ (the blinking cursor). Only the   │ 0x0;false;false    │
│                    │ first argument is interpreted.    │                    │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│                    │ The width for the caret(the       │                    │
│                    │ blinking cursor). Only the first  │                    │
│                    │ argument is interpreted. The      │ caret=1;0;false;   │
│ caret_width        │ width is specified in pixels with │ false              │
│                    │ a maximum of three pixel. Use the │                    │
│                    │ width 0 to make the caret         │                    │
│                    │ invisible.                        │                    │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│                    │ The style for colouring the       │                    │
│                    │ background of the current line.   │                    │
│                    │ Only the second and third         │                    │
│                    │ arguments are interpreted. The    │ current_line=0x0;  │
│ current_line       │ second argument is the background │ 0xe5e5e5;true;     │
│                    │ colour. Use the third argument to │ false              │
│                    │ enable or disable background      │                    │
│                    │ highlighting for the current line │                    │
│                    │ (has to be true/false).           │                    │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│                    │ The style for colouring the       │ indent_guide=      │
│ indent_guide       │ indentation guides. Only the      │ 0xc0c0c0;0xffffff; │
│                    │ first and second arguments are    │ false;false        │
│                    │ interpreted.                      │                    │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│                    │ The style for colouring the white │                    │
│                    │ space if it is shown. The first   │                    │
│                    │ both arguments define the         │                    │
│                    │ foreground and background         │                    │
│                    │ colours, the third argument sets  │ white_space=       │
│ white_space        │ whether to use the defined        │ 0xc0c0c0;0xffffff; │
│                    │ foreground colour or to use the   │ true;true          │
│                    │ colour defined by each filetype   │                    │
│                    │ for the white space. The fourth   │                    │
│                    │ argument defines whether to use   │                    │
│                    │ the background colour.            │                    │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│                    │ The style of folding icons. Only  │                    │
│                    │ first and second arguments are    │                    │
│                    │ used.                             │                    │
│                    │                                   │                    │
│                    │ Valid values for the first        │                    │
│                    │ argument are:                     │                    │
│                    │                                   │                    │
│                    │   ● 1 - for boxes                 │ folding_style=1;1; │
│ folding_style      │                                   │ false;false        │
│                    │   ● 2 - for circles               │                    │
│                    │                                   │                    │
│                    │ Valid values for the second       │                    │
│                    │ argument are:                     │                    │
│                    │                                   │                    │
│                    │   ● 1 - for straight lines        │                    │
│                    │                                   │                    │
│                    │   ● 2 - for curved lines          │                    │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│                    │ Draw a thin horizontal line at    │                    │
│                    │ the line where text is folded.    │                    │
│                    │ Only first argument is used.      │                    │
│                    │                                   │                    │
│                    │ Valid values for the first        │                    │
│                    │ argument are:                     │                    │
│                    │                                   │ folding_horiz_line │
│ folding_horiz_line │   ● 0 - disable, do not draw a    │ =0;0;false;false   │
│                    │     line                          │                    │
│                    │                                   │                    │
│                    │   ● 1 - draw the line above       │                    │
│                    │     folded text                   │                    │
│                    │                                   │                    │
│                    │   ● 2 - draw the line below       │                    │
│                    │     folded text                   │                    │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────┤
│                    │ Whether to invert all defined     │                    │
│                    │ colours. This is useful if you    │                    │
│                    │ like a dark background colour     │                    │
│                    │ (e.g. black) and do not want to   │                    │
│                    │ change every single line. Please  │                    │
│ invert_all         │ note, at time of writing this was │ invert_all=0;0;    │
│                    │ only tested with the C syntax     │ false;false        │
│                    │ highlighting.                     │                    │
│                    │                                   │                    │
│                    │ Only first argument is            │                    │
│                    │ interpreted. Set it to 1 to       │                    │
│                    │ invert all colours.               │                    │
└────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────┘


Filetype extensions

You can override the default extensions that Geany uses for each filetype using
the filetype_extensions.conf file.

To override the system-wide configuration file, copy it from $prefix/share/
geany to your configuration directory, usually ~/.geany/. $prefix is the path
where Geany is installed (commonly /usr/local).

For example:

% cp /usr/local/share/geany/filetype_extensions.conf /home/username/.geany/

Then edit it and remove all the lines for filetype extensions that you do not
want to override. The remaining lines can be edited after the = sign, using a
semi-colon separated list of patterns which should be matched for that
filetype.

For example, to set the filetype extensions for Make, the /home/username/.geany
/filetype_extensions.conf file should look like:


[Extensions]
Make=Makefile*;*.mk;Buildfile;

Templates

Geany supports the following templates:

  ● ChangeLog entry

  ● File header

  ● Function description

  ● Short GPL notice

  ● Short BSD notice

  ● Filetype template

To use these templates, just open the Edit menu or open the popup menu by
right-clicking in the editor widget, and choose "Insert Comments" and insert
templates as you want.

Some templates (like File header or ChangeLog entry) will always be inserted at
the top of the file.

To insert a function description, the cursor must be inside of the function, so
that the function name can be determined automatically. The description will be
positioned correctly one line above the function, just check it out. If the
cursor is not inside of a function or the function name cannot be determined,
you cannot insert a function description.

Template metadata

Metadata can be used with all templates, but by default user set metadata is
only used for the ChangeLog and File header templates.

In the configuration dialog you can find a tab "Templates" (see Figure 3.10,
“Template tab in preferences dialog”). You can define the default values which
will be inserted in the templates. You should restart Geany after making
changes, because they are only read at startup.

Filetype templates

Filetype templates are templates used as the basis of a new file. To use them,
choose the New (with Template) menu item from the File menu.

By default, templates are created for some filetypes. Other filetype templates
can be added by creating the appropriate template file and restarting Geany.
You can also edit the default filetype templates.

Filetype template files are read from the ~/.geany/templates directory, and are
named 'filetype.' followed by the filetype name, e.g. filetype.python,
filetype.sh. If you are unsure about the filetype name extensions, they are the
same as the filetype configuration file extensions, commonly installed in /usr/
share/geany, with the prefix 'filetypes.'.

The file's contents are just the text to place in the document, except for the
optional {fileheader} template wildcard. This can be placed anywhere, but is
usually on the first line of the file, followed by a blank line.

There is also a template file template.none which is used when the New command
is used without a filetype. This is empty by default.

Customizing templates

Each template can be customized to your needs. The templates are stored in the
~/.geany/templates/ directory (see the section called “Command line options”
for further information about the configuration directory). Just open the
desired template with an editor (ideally Geany ;-) ) and edit the template to
your needs. There are some wildcards which will be automatically replaced by
Geany at startup.

Template wildcards

All wildcards must be enclosed by "{" and "}", e.g. {date}.

Table 4.4. Template wildcards

┌──────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────┐
│   Wildcard   │             Description              │     Available in      │
│              │                                      │  following templates  │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
│              │                                      │ filetypes, file       │
│              │                                      │ header, function      │
│ developer    │ The name of the developer.           │ description,          │
│              │                                      │ ChangeLog entry, bsd, │
│              │                                      │ gpl                   │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
│              │                                      │ filetypes, file       │
│              │ The developer's initials, e.g. "ET"  │ header, function      │
│ initial      │ for Enrico Tröger or "JFD" for John  │ description,          │
│              │ Foobar Doe.                          │ ChangeLog entry, bsd, │
│              │                                      │ gpl                   │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
│              │                                      │ file header, function │
│ mail         │ The email address of the developer.  │ description,          │
│              │                                      │ ChangeLog entry, bsd, │
│              │                                      │ gpl                   │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
│              │                                      │ filetypes, file       │
│              │ The company the developer is working │ header, function      │
│ company      │ for.                                 │ description,          │
│              │                                      │ ChangeLog entry, bsd, │
│              │                                      │ gpl                   │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
│              │                                      │ filetypes, file       │
│              │                                      │ header, function      │
│ year         │ The current year in the format: YYYY │ description,          │
│              │                                      │ ChangeLog entry, bsd, │
│              │                                      │ gpl                   │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
│              │                                      │ filetypes, file       │
│              │                                      │ header, function      │
│ version      │ The initial version of a new file.   │ description,          │
│              │                                      │ ChangeLog entry, bsd, │
│              │                                      │ gpl                   │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
│              │                                      │ filetypes, file       │
│              │ The current date in the format:      │ header, function      │
│ date         │ YYYY-MM-DD                           │ description,          │
│              │                                      │ ChangeLog entry, bsd, │
│              │                                      │ gpl                   │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
│              │                                      │ filetypes, file       │
│              │ The string "untitled" (this will be  │ header, function      │
│ untitled     │ translated to your locale), used in  │ description,          │
│              │ filetype templates                   │ ChangeLog entry, bsd, │
│              │                                      │ gpl                   │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
│              │                                      │ filetypes, file       │
│              │ The actual Geany version, e.g.       │ header, function      │
│ geanyversion │ "Geany 0.11"                         │ description,          │
│              │                                      │ ChangeLog entry, bsd, │
│              │                                      │ gpl                   │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
│ datetime     │ The current date and time in the     │ file header, function │
│              │ format: DD.MM.YYYY HH:mm:ss ZZZZ     │ description           │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
│              │ The filename of the current file.    │                       │
│ filename     │ Only available for the file header   │ file header           │
│              │ template.                            │                       │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
│ gpl          │ This wildcard inserts a short GPL    │ file header           │
│              │ notice.                              │                       │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
│ bsd          │ This wildcard inserts a short BSD    │ file header           │
│              │ licence notice.                      │                       │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
│              │ The function name of the function at │                       │
│ functionname │ the cursor position. This wildcard   │ function description  │
│              │ will only be replaced in the         │                       │
│              │ function description template.       │                       │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
│              │ The file header template. This       │                       │
│ fileheader   │ wildcard will only be replaced in    │ filetypes             │
│              │ filetype templates.                  │                       │
└──────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────┘


If you need any other wildcards or a special date/time format, please email the
author <enrico.troeger@uvena.de>.

Appendix A. Contributing to this document

This document is written in Docbook XML. The source file for it is located in
the subdirectory "doc" of the source directory of Geany. If you intend on
making changes, you should grab the source right from SVN to make sure you have
got the newest version. After editing that file, to build the docs and see how
your changes look, run "make doc" in the subdirectory "doc" of the source
directory of Geany to build HTML pages and a text file. Your updated HTML docs
will end up in the ./html directory. To generate a PDF file, use the command
"make pdf" which should generate a file called geany-0.11.pdf.

After you are happy with your changes, create a patch:

                                % svn diff geany.docbook > whatever.patch

and then submit that file to the mailing list for review.

Note, you will need the docbook-xml and xmlto software packages installed to
build the docs.

Scintilla keyboard commands

Copyright © 1998, 2006 Neil Hodgson <neilh@scintilla.org>

This appendix is distributed under the terms of the License for Scintilla and
SciTE. A copy of this license can be found in the file scintilla/License.txt
included with the source code of this program and in the appendix of this
document. See Appendix E, License for Scintilla and SciTE.

20 June 2006

Table of Contents

Keyboard commands

Keyboard commands

Keyboard commands for Scintilla mostly follow common Windows and GTK+
conventions. All move keys (arrows, page up/down, home and end) allows to
extend or reduce the stream selection when holding the Shift key, and the
rectangular selection when holding the Shift and Alt keys. Some keys may not be
available with some national keyboards or because they are taken by the system
such as by a window manager on GTK+. Keyboard equivalents of menu commands are
listed in the menus. Some less common commands with no menu equivalent are:

Table B.1. Scintilla keyboard commands

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────┐
│                    Action                    │     Shortcut key     │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Magnify text size.                           │ Ctrl+Keypad+         │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Reduce text size.                            │ Ctrl+Keypad-         │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Restore text size to normal.                 │ Ctrl+Keypad/         │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Indent block.                                │ Tab                  │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Dedent block.                                │ Shift+Tab            │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Delete to start of word.                     │ Ctrl+BackSpace       │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Delete to end of word.                       │ Ctrl+Delete          │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Delete to start of line.                     │ Ctrl+Shift+BackSpace │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Delete to end of line.                       │ Ctrl+Shift+Delete    │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Go to start of document.                     │ Ctrl+Home            │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Extend selection to start of document.       │ Ctrl+Shift+Home      │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Go to start of display line.                 │ Alt+Home             │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Extend selection to start of display line.   │ Alt+Shift+Home       │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Go to end of document.                       │ Ctrl+End             │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Extend selection to end of document.         │ Ctrl+Shift+End       │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Go to end of display line.                   │ Alt+End              │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Extend selection to end of display line.     │ Alt+Shift+End        │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Scroll up.                                   │ Ctrl+Up              │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Scroll down.                                 │ Ctrl+Down            │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Line cut.                                    │ Ctrl+L               │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Line copy.                                   │ Ctrl+Shift+T         │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Line delete.                                 │ Ctrl+Shift+L         │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Line transpose with previous.                │ Ctrl+T               │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Selection duplicate.                         │ Ctrl+D               │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Previous paragraph. Shift extends selection. │ Ctrl+[               │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Next paragraph. Shift extends selection.     │ Ctrl+]               │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Previous word. Shift extends selection.      │ Ctrl+Left            │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Next word. Shift extends selection.          │ Ctrl+Right           │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Previous word part. Shift extends selection  │ Ctrl+/               │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ Next word part. Shift extends selection.     │ Ctrl+\               │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────┘


Appendix C. Compile time options

There are some options which can only be changed at compile time. To change
these options, edit the file src/geany.h. Look for a block of lines starting
with “#define GEANY_*”. Any definitions which are not listed here should not be
changed.

Note

Most users should not need to change these options.

Table C.1. Compile time options

┌────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┬─────────────┐
│             Option             │         Description          │   Default   │
├────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼─────────────┤
│                                │ These characters define word │             │
│ GEANY_WORDCHARS                │ boundaries when making       │ (look at    │
│                                │ selections and searching     │ sourcecode) │
│                                │ using word matching options. │             │
├────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼─────────────┤
│                                │ How many auto completion     │             │
│ GEANY_MAX_AUTOCOMPLETE_WORDS   │ suggestions should Geany     │ 30          │
│                                │ provide.                     │             │
├────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼─────────────┤
│                                │ How many suggestions should  │             │
│ GEANY_MAX_AUTOCOMPLETE_HEIGHT  │ be visible in the auto       │ 10          │
│                                │ completion list.             │             │
├────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼─────────────┤
│                                │ The default filename         │             │
│                                │ extension for Geany project  │             │
│ GEANY_PROJECT_EXT              │ files. It is used when       │ geany       │
│                                │ creating new projects and as │             │
│                                │ filter mask for the project  │             │
│                                │ open dialog.                 │             │
├────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼─────────────┤
│                                │ A string used as the default │             │
│                                │ name for new files. Be aware │             │
│ GEANY_STRING_UNTITLED          │ that the string can be       │ untitled    │
│                                │ translated, so change it     │             │
│                                │ only if you know what you    │             │
│                                │ are doing.                   │             │
├────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼─────────────┤
│                                │ Time in seconds between      │             │
│ GEANY_CHECK_FILE_DELAY         │ checking a file for external │ 30          │
│                                │ changes.                     │             │
├────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼─────────────┤
│ GEANY_WINDOW_MINIMAL_WIDTH     │ The minimal width of the     │ 620         │
│                                │ main window.                 │             │
├────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼─────────────┤
│ GEANY_WINDOW_MINIMAL_HEIGHT    │ The minimal height of the    │ 440         │
│                                │ main window.                 │             │
├────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼─────────────┤
│                                │ The default width of the     │             │
│ GEANY_WINDOW_DEFAULT_WIDTH     │ main window at the first     │ 900         │
│                                │ start.                       │             │
├────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼─────────────┤
│                                │ The default height of the    │             │
│ GEANY_WINDOW_DEFAULT_HEIGHT    │ main window at the first     │ 600         │
│                                │ start.                       │             │
├────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┴─────────────┤
│ Default values                                                              │
├────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┬─────────────┤
│ GEANY_DEFAULT_TOOLS_MAKE       │ The make tool. This can also │ "make"      │
│                                │ include a path.              │             │
├────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼─────────────┤
│                                │ A terminal emulator. It has  │             │
│ GEANY_DEFAULT_TOOLS_TERMINAL   │ to accept the command line   │ "xterm"     │
│                                │ option "-e". This can also   │             │
│                                │ include a path.              │             │
├────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼─────────────┤
│ GEANY_DEFAULT_TOOLS_BROWSER    │ A web browser. This can also │ "mozilla"   │
│                                │ include a path.              │             │
├────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼─────────────┤
│                                │ A printing tool. It should   │             │
│                                │ be able to accept and        │             │
│ GEANY_DEFAULT_TOOLS_PRINTCMD   │ process plain text files.    │ "lpr"       │
│                                │ This can also include a      │             │
│                                │ path.                        │             │
├────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼─────────────┤
│                                │ A grep tool. It should be    │             │
│ GEANY_DEFAULT_TOOLS_GREP       │ compatible with GNU grep.    │ "grep"      │
│                                │ This can also include a      │             │
│                                │ path.                        │             │
├────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼─────────────┤
│ GEANY_DEFAULT_MRU_LENGHTH      │ The length of the "Recent    │ "10"        │
│                                │ files" list.                 │             │
├────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼─────────────┤
│ GEANY_DEFAULT_FONT_SYMBOL_LIST │ The font used in sidebar to  │ "Sans 9"    │
│                                │ show symbols and open files. │             │
├────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼─────────────┤
│ GEANY_DEFAULT_FONT_MSG_WINDOW  │ The font used in the         │ "Sans 9"    │
│                                │ messages window.             │             │
├────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼─────────────┤
│ GEANY_DEFAULT_FONT_EDITOR      │ The font used in the editor  │ "Monospace  │
│                                │ window.                      │ 10"         │
├────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┴─────────────┤
│ Windows specific                                                            │
├────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┬─────────────┤
│                                │ Set this to 1 if you want to │             │
│                                │ use the default Windows file │             │
│                                │ open dialog instead GTK's    │             │
│                                │ file open dialog. The        │             │
│                                │ default Windows file open    │             │
│ GEANY_USE_WIN32_DIALOG         │ dialog is missing some nice  │ 0           │
│                                │ features like choosing a     │             │
│                                │ filetype or an encoding. Do  │             │
│                                │ not touch this setting when  │             │
│                                │ building on a non-Win32      │             │
│                                │ system.                      │             │
└────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┴─────────────┘


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Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.

If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this when it
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Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author Gnomovision comes
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and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; type `show c'
for details.

The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
parts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands you use may be
called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be
mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program.

You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your school,
if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if necessary. Here is
a sample; alter the names:

Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
`Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James Hacker.

<signature of Ty Coon>, 1 April 1989 Ty Coon, President of Vice

This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may consider
it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the library. If
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Appendix E. License for Scintilla and SciTE

Copyright 1998-2003 by Neil Hodgson <neilh@scintilla.org>

All Rights Reserved

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that
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