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8 A fast, light, GTK+ IDE
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11 :Authors: Enrico Tröger,
19 This document is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
20 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
21 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. A copy of this
22 license can be found in the file COPYING included with the source code
23 of this program, and also in the chapter `GNU General Public License`_.
37 Geany is a small and lightweight Integrated Development Environment. It
38 was developed to provide a small and fast IDE, which has only a few
39 dependencies on other packages. Another goal was to be as independent
40 as possible from a particular Desktop Environment like KDE or GNOME -
41 Geany only requires the GTK2 runtime libraries.
43 Some basic features of Geany:
47 * Autocompletion of symbols/words
48 * Construct completion/snippets
49 * Auto-closing of XML and HTML tags
51 * Many supported filetypes including C, Java, PHP, HTML, Python, Perl,
55 * Build system to compile and execute your code
56 * Simple project management
64 You can obtain Geany from http://www.geany.org/ or perhaps also from
65 your distribution. For a list of available packages, please see
66 http://www.geany.org/Download/ThirdPartyPackages.
73 Geany is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License
74 as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
75 the License, or (at your option) any later version. A copy of this
76 license can be found in the file COPYING included with the source
77 code of this program and in the chapter, `GNU General Public License`_.
79 The included Scintilla library (found in the subdirectory
80 ``scintilla/``) has its own license, which can be found in the chapter,
81 `License for Scintilla and SciTE`_.
88 This documentation is available in HTML and text formats.
89 The latest version can always be found at http://www.geany.org/.
91 If you want to contribute to it, see `Contributing to this document`_.
103 You will need the GTK (>= 2.8.0) libraries and their dependencies
104 (Pango, GLib and ATK). Your distro should provide packages for these,
105 usually installed by default. For Windows, you can download an installer
106 from the website which bundles these libraries.
112 There are many binary packages available. For an up-to-date but maybe
113 incomplete list see http://www.geany.org/Download/ThirdPartyPackages.
119 Compiling Geany is quite easy.
120 To do so, you need the GTK (>= 2.8.0) libraries and header files.
121 You also need the Pango, GLib and ATK libraries and header files.
122 All these files are available at http://www.gtk.org, but very often
123 your distro will provide development packages to save the trouble of
124 building these yourself.
126 Furthermore you need, of course, a C and C++ compiler. The GNU versions
127 of these tools are recommended.
129 Autotools based build system
130 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
132 The Autotools based build system is very mature and has been well tested.
133 To use it, you just need the Make tool, preferably GNU Make.
135 Then run the following commands::
144 Waf based build system
145 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
147 The Waf build system is still quite young and under heavy development but already in a
148 usable state. In contrast to the Autotools system, Waf needs Python. So before using Waf, you need
149 to install Python on your system.
150 The advantage of the Waf build system over the Autotools based build system is that the whole
151 build process might be a bit faster. Especially when you use the Waf
152 cache feature for repetitive builds (e.g. when changing only a few source files
153 to test something) will become much faster since Waf will cache and re-use the
154 unchanged built files and only compile the changed code again. See `Waf Cache`_ for details.
155 To build Geany with Waf as run::
167 The Waf build system has a nice and interesting feature which can help to avoid
168 a lot of unnecessary rebuilding of unchanged code. This often happens when developing new features
169 or trying to debug something in Geany.
170 Waf is able to store and retrieve the object files from a cache. This cache is declared
171 using the environment variable ``WAFCACHE``.
172 A possible location of the cache directory could be ``~/.cache/waf``. In order to make use of
173 this, you first need to create this directory::
175 $ mkdir -p ~/.cache/waf
177 then add the environment variable to your shell configuration (the following example is for
178 Bash and should be adjusted to your used shell)::
180 export WAFCACHE=/home/username/.cache/waf
182 Remember to replace ``username`` with your actual username.
184 More information about the Waf cache feature are available at
185 http://code.google.com/p/waf/wiki/CacheObjectFiles.
189 You should be careful about the size of the cache directory as it may
190 grow rapidly over time.
191 Waf doesn't do any cleaning or other house-keeping of the cache yet, so you need to keep it
193 An easy way to keep it clean is to run the following command regularly to remove old
196 $ find /home/username/.cache/waf -mtime +14 -exec rm {} \;
198 This will delete all files in the cache directory which are older than 14 days.
200 For details about the ``find`` command and its options, check its manual page.
205 The configure script supports several common options, for a detailed
213 (depending on which build system you use).
215 You may also want to read the INSTALL file for advanced installation
218 * See also `Compile-time options`_.
220 Dynamic linking loader support and VTE
221 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
222 In the case that your system lacks dynamic linking loader support, you
223 probably want to pass the option ``--disable-vte`` to the ``configure``
224 script. This prevents compiling Geany with dynamic linking loader
225 support for automatically loading ``libvte.so.4`` if available.
229 If there are any errors during compilation, check your build
230 environment and try to find the error, otherwise contact the mailing
231 list or one the authors. Sometimes you might need to ask for specific
232 help from your distribution.
237 If you want to edit any of Geany's system configuration files after
238 installation you will need to know the installation prefix. Usually this
239 is not necessary as you can just use per user configuration files and
240 you will not need root permissions.
242 Use the ``--print-prefix`` option to Geany to check - see `Command line
243 options`_. The first path is the prefix.
245 This is commonly ``/usr`` if you installed from a binary package, or
246 ``/usr/local`` if you build from source.
257 You can start Geany in the following ways:
259 * From the Desktop Environment menu:
261 Choose in your application menu of your used Desktop Environment:
262 Development --> Geany.
264 * From the command line:
266 To start Geany from a command line, type the following and press
274 The Geany window is shown in the following figure:
276 .. image:: ./images/main_window.png
278 The workspace has the following parts:
281 * An optional toolbar.
282 * An optional sidebar that can show the following tabs:
284 * Documents - A document list, and
285 * Symbols - A list of symbols in your code.
287 * The main editor window.
288 * An optional message window which can show the following tabs:
290 * Status - A list of status messages.
291 * Compiler - The output of compiling or building programs.
292 * Messages - Results of 'Find Usage', 'Find Usage' 'Find in Files' and other actions
293 * Scribble - A text scratchpad for any use.
294 * Terminal - An optional terminal window.
298 Additional tabs may be added to the sidebar and message window by plugins.
300 The position of the tabs can be selected in the interface preferences.
302 The sizes of the sidebar and message window can be adjusted by
303 dragging the dividers.
308 ============ ======================= =================================================
309 Short option Long option Function
310 ============ ======================= =================================================
311 *none* +number Set initial line number for the first opened file
312 (same as --line, do not put a space between the + sign
313 and the number). E.g. "geany +7 foo.bar" will open the
314 file foo.bar and place the cursor in line 7.
316 *none* --column Set initial column number for the first opened file.
318 -c dir_name --config=directory_name Use an alternate configuration directory. The default
319 configuration directory is ``~/.config/geany/`` and that
320 is where ``geany.conf`` and other configuration files
323 *none* --ft-names Print a list of Geany's internal filetype names (useful
324 for snippets configuration).
326 -g --generate-tags Generate a global tags file (see
327 `Generating a global tags file`_).
329 -P --no-preprocessing Don't preprocess C/C++ files when generating tags.
331 -i --new-instance Do not open files in a running instance, force opening
332 a new instance. Only available if Geany was compiled
333 with support for Sockets.
335 -l --line Set initial line number for the first opened file.
337 *none* --list-documents Return a list of open documents in a running Geany
339 This can be used to read the currently opened documents in
340 Geany from an external script or tool. The returned list
341 is separated by newlines (LF) and consists of the full,
342 UTF-8 encoded filenames of the documents.
343 Only available if Geany was compiled with support for
346 -m --no-msgwin Do not show the message window. Use this option if you
347 do not need compiler messages or VTE support.
349 -n --no-ctags Do not load symbol completion and call tip data. Use this
350 option if you do not want to use them.
352 -p --no-plugins Do not load plugins or plugin support.
354 *none* --print-prefix Print installation prefix, the data directory, the lib
355 directory and the locale directory (in this order) to
356 stdout, one line each. This is mainly intended for plugin
357 authors to detect installation paths.
359 -s --no-session Do not load the previous session's files.
361 -t --no-terminal Do not load terminal support. Use this option if you do
362 not want to load the virtual terminal emulator widget
363 at startup. If you do not have ``libvte.so.4`` installed,
364 then terminal-support is automatically disabled. Only
365 available if Geany was compiled with support for VTE.
367 *none* --socket-file Use this socket filename for communication with a
368 running Geany instance. This can be used with the following
369 command to execute Geany on the current workspace::
371 geany --socket-file=/tmp/geany-sock-$(xprop -root _NET_CURRENT_DESKTOP | awk '{print $3}')
373 *none* --vte-lib Specify explicitly the path including filename or only
374 the filename to the VTE library, e.g.
375 ``/usr/lib/libvte.so`` or ``libvte.so``. This option is
376 only needed when the auto-detection does not work. Only
377 available if Geany was compiled with support for VTE.
379 -v --verbose Be verbose (print useful status messages).
381 -V --version Show version information and exit.
383 -? --help Show help information and exit.
385 *none* [files ...] Open all given files at startup. This option causes
386 Geany to ignore loading stored files from the last
387 session (if enabled).
388 Geany also recognizes line and column information when
389 appended to the filename with colons, e.g.
390 "geany foo.bar:10:5" will open the file foo.bar and
391 place the cursor in line 10 at column 5.
393 Projects can also be opened but a project file (\*.geany)
394 must be the first non-option argument. All additionally
395 given files are ignored.
396 ============ ======================= =================================================
398 You can also pass line number and column number information, e.g.::
400 geany some_file.foo:55:4
402 Geany supports all generic GTK options, a list is available on the
414 At startup, Geany loads all files from the last time Geany was
415 launched. You can disable this feature in the preferences dialog
416 (see `General Startup preferences`_). If you specify some
417 files on the command line, only these files will be opened, but you
418 can find the files from the last session in the file menu under the
419 "Recent files" item. By default this contains the last 10 recently
420 opened files. You can change the number of recently opened files in
421 the preferences dialog.
423 You can start several instances of Geany, but only the first will
424 load files from the last session. To run a second instance of Geany,
425 do not specify any filenames on the command-line, or disable opening
426 files in a running instance using the appropriate command line option.
429 Opening files from the command-line in a running instance
430 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
432 Geany detects if there is an an instance of itself already running and opens files
433 from the command-line in that instance. So, Geany can
434 be used to view and edit files by opening them from other programs
435 such as a file manager.
437 You can also pass line number and column number information, e.g.::
439 geany some_file.foo:55:4
441 This would open the file ``some_file.foo`` with the cursor on line 55,
444 If you do not like this for some reason, you can disable using the first
445 instance by using the appropriate command line option -- see the section
446 called `Command line options`_.
449 Virtual terminal emulator widget (VTE)
450 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
452 If you have installed ``libvte.so`` on your system, it is loaded
453 automatically by Geany, and you will have a terminal widget in the
454 notebook at the bottom.
456 If Geany cannot find any ``libvte.so`` at startup, the terminal widget
457 will not be loaded. So there is no need to install the package containing
458 this file in order to run Geany. Additionally, you can disable the use
459 of the terminal widget by command line option, for more information
460 see the section called `Command line options`_.
462 You can use this terminal (from now on called VTE) much as you would
463 a terminal program like xterm. There is basic clipboard support. You
464 can paste the contents of the clipboard by pressing the right mouse
465 button to open the popup menu, and choosing Paste. To copy text from
466 the VTE, just select the desired text and then press the right mouse
467 button and choose Copy from the popup menu. On systems running the
468 X Window System you can paste the last selected text by pressing the
469 middle mouse button in the VTE (on 2-button mice, the middle button
470 can often be simulated by pressing both mouse buttons together).
472 In the preferences dialog you can specify a shell which should be
473 started in the VTE. To make the specified shell a login shell just
474 use the appropriate command line options for the shell. These options
475 should be found in the manual page of the shell. For zsh and bash
476 you can use the argument ``--login``.
479 Geany tries to load ``libvte.so``. If this fails, it tries to load
480 some other filenames. If this fails too, you should check whether you
481 installed libvte correctly. Again note, Geany will run without this
484 It could be, that the library is called something else than
485 ``libvte.so`` (e.g. on FreeBSD 6.0 it is called ``libvte.so.8``). If so
486 please set a link to the correct file (as root)::
488 # ln -s /usr/lib/libvte.so.X /usr/lib/libvte.so
490 Obviously, you have to adjust the paths and set X to the number of your
493 You can also specify the filename of the VTE library to use on the command
494 line (see the section called `Command line options`_) or at compile time
495 by specifying the command line option ``--with-vte-module-path`` to
499 Defining own widget styles using .gtkrc-2.0
500 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
502 You can define your widget style for many of Geany's GUI parts. To
503 do this, just edit your ``.gtkrc-2.0`` (usually found in your home
504 directory on UNIX-like systems and in the etc subdirectory of your
505 Geany installation on Windows).
507 To have a defined style used by Geany you must assign it to
508 at least one of Geany's widgets. For example use the following line::
510 widget "Geany*" style "geanyStyle"
512 This would assign your style "geany_style" to all Geany
513 widgets. You can also assign styles only to specific widgets. At the
514 moment you can use the following widgets:
526 An example of a simple ``.gtkrc-2.0``::
532 widget "GeanyMainWindow" style "geanyStyle"
538 widget "GeanyPrefsDialog" style "geanyStyle"
544 Switching between documents
545 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
547 The documents list and the editor tabs are two different ways
548 to switch between documents using the mouse. When you hit the key
549 combination to move between tabs, the order is determined by the tab
550 order. Its is not alphabetical as shown in the documents list
551 (regardless of whether or not editor tabs are visible).
553 The tabs can be positioned at the top, bottom, left, or right of the
554 main editing window, by a selection in the interface preferences.
556 See the `Notebook tab keybindings`_ section for useful
557 shortcuts including for Most-Recently-Used document switching.
560 Character sets and Unicode Byte-Order-Mark (BOM)
561 ------------------------------------------------
567 Geany provides support for detecting and converting character sets. So
568 you can open and save files in different character sets, and even
569 convert a file from one character set to another. To do this,
570 Geany uses the character conversion capabilities of the GLib library.
572 Only text files are supported, i.e. opening files which contain
573 NULL-bytes may fail. Geany will try to open the file anyway but it is
574 likely that the file will be truncated because it can only be read up
575 to the first occurrence of a NULL-byte. All characters after this
576 position are lost and are not written when you save the file.
578 Geany tries to detect the encoding of a file while opening it, but
579 auto-detecting the encoding of a file is not easy and sometimes an
580 encoding might not be detected correctly. In this case you have to
581 set the encoding of the file manually in order to display it
582 correctly. You can this in the file open dialog by selecting an
583 encoding in the drop down box or by reloading the file with the
584 file menu item "Reload as". The auto-detection works well for most
585 encodings but there are also some encodings where it is known that
586 auto-detection has problems.
588 There are different ways to set different encodings in Geany:
590 * Using the file open dialog
592 This opens the file with the encoding specified in the encoding drop
593 down box. If the encoding is set to "Detect from file" auto-detection
594 will be used. If the encoding is set to "Without encoding (None)" the
595 file will be opened without any character conversion and Geany will
596 not try to auto-detect the encoding (see below for more information).
598 * Using the "Reload as" menu item
600 This item reloads the current file with the specified encoding. It can
601 help if you opened a file and found out that the wrong encoding was used.
603 * Using the "Set encoding" menu item
605 Contrary to the above two options, this will not change or reload
606 the current file unless you save it. It is useful when you want to
607 change the encoding of the file.
609 * Specifying the encoding in the file itself
611 As mentioned above, auto-detecting the encoding of a file may fail on
612 some encodings. If you know that Geany doesn't open a certain file,
613 you can add the specification line, described in the next section,
614 to the beginning of the file to force Geany to use a specific
615 encoding when opening the file.
618 In-file encoding specification
619 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
621 Geany detects meta tags of HTML files which contain charset information
624 <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-15" />
626 and the specified charset is used when opening the file. This is useful if the
627 encoding of the file cannot be detected properly.
628 For non-HTML files you can also define a line like::
630 /* geany_encoding=ISO-8859-15 */
634 # geany_encoding=ISO-8859-15 #
636 to force an encoding to be used. The #, /\* and \*/ are examples
637 of filetype-specific comment characters. It doesn't matter which
638 characters are around the string " geany_encoding=ISO-8859-15 " as long
639 as there is at least one whitespace character before and after this
640 string. Whitespace characters are in this case a space or tab character.
641 An example to use this could be you have a file with ISO-8859-15
642 encoding but Geany constantly detects the file encoding as ISO-8859-1.
643 Then you simply add such a line to the file and Geany will open it
644 correctly the next time.
646 Since Geany 0.15 you can also use lines which match the
647 regular expression used to find the encoding string:
648 ``coding[\t ]*[:=][\t ]*([a-z0-9-]+)[\t ]*``
651 These specifications must be in the first 512 bytes of the file.
652 Anything after the first 512 bytes will not be recognized.
656 # encoding = ISO-8859-15
660 # coding: ISO-8859-15
662 Special encoding "None"
663 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
665 There is a special encoding "None" which uses no
666 encoding. It is useful when you know that Geany cannot auto-detect
667 the encoding of a file and it is not displayed correctly. Especially
668 when the file contains NULL-bytes this can be useful to skip auto
669 detection and open the file properly at least until the occurrence
670 of the first NULL-byte. Using this encoding opens the file as it is
671 without any character conversion.
674 Unicode Byte-Order-Mark (BOM)
675 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
677 Furthermore, Geany detects a Unicode Byte Order Mark (see
678 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_Order_Mark for details). Of course,
679 this feature is only available if the opened file is in a Unicode
680 encoding. The Byte Order Mark helps to detect the encoding of a file,
681 e.g. whether it is UTF-16LE or UTF-16BE and so on. On Unix-like systems
682 using a Byte Order Mark could cause some problems for programs not
683 expecting it, e.g. the compiler gcc stops
684 with stray errors, PHP does not parse a script containing a BOM and
685 script files starting with a she-bang maybe cannot be started. In the
686 status bar you can easily see whether the file starts with a BOM or
689 If you want to set a BOM for a file or if you want to remove it
690 from a file, just use the document menu and toggle the checkbox.
693 If you are unsure what a BOM is or if you do not understand where
694 to use it, then it is probably not important for you and you can
706 Geany provides basic code folding support. Folding means the ability to
707 show and hide parts of the text in the current file. You can hide
708 unimportant code sections and concentrate on the parts you are working on
709 and later you can show hidden sections again. In the editor window there is
710 a small grey margin on the left side with [+] and [-] symbols which
711 show hidden parts and hide parts of the file respectively. By
712 clicking on these icons you can simply show and hide sections which are
713 marked by vertical lines within this margin. For many filetypes nested
714 folding is supported, so there may be several fold points within other
718 You can customize the folding icon and line styles - see the
719 filetypes.common `Folding Settings`_.
721 If you don't like it or don't need it at all, you can simply disable
722 folding support completely in the preferences dialog.
724 The folding behaviour can be changed with the "Fold/Unfold all children of
725 a fold point" option in the preference dialog. If activated, Geany will
726 unfold all nested fold points below the current one if they are already
727 folded (when clicking on a [+] symbol).
728 When clicking on a [-] symbol, Geany will fold all nested fold points
729 below the current one if they are unfolded.
731 This option can be inverted by pressing the Shift
732 key while clicking on a fold symbol. That means, if the "Fold/Unfold all
733 children of a fold point" option is enabled, pressing Shift will disable
734 it for this click and vice versa.
737 Column mode editing (rectangular selections)
738 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
740 There is basic support for column mode editing. To use it, create a
741 rectangular selection by holding down the Control and Shift keys
742 (or Control and Alt if it doesn't work) while
743 selecting some text. It is also possible to create a zero-column selection.
744 Once a rectangular selection exists you can start editing the text within
745 this selection and the modifications will be done for every line in the
749 Drag and drop of text
750 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
752 If you drag selected text in the editor widget of Geany the text is
753 moved to the position where the mouse pointer is when releasing the
754 mouse button. Holding Control when releasing the mouse button will
755 copy the text instead. This behaviour was changed in Geany 0.11 -
756 before the selected text was copied to the new position.
762 Geany allows each document to indent either with a tab character or
763 multiple spaces. The default indent mode is set in the `Editor Features
764 preferences`_ (see the link for more information). But
765 this can be overridden using either the *Document->Indent Type* menu,
766 or by using the *Detect from file* indentation preference. When enabled,
767 this scans each file that is opened and sets the indent mode based on
768 how many lines start with a tab vs. 2 or more spaces.
770 The indent mode for the current document is shown on the status bar
774 Indent with Tab characters.
778 Indent with tabs and spaces, depending on how much indentation is
785 When enabled, auto-indentation happens when pressing *Enter* in the
786 Editor. It adds a certain amount of indentation to the new line so the
787 user doesn't always have to indent each line manually.
789 Geany has four types of auto-indentation:
792 Disables auto-indentation completely.
794 Adds the same amount of whitespace on a new line as on the last line.
796 Does the same as *Basic* but also indents a new line after an opening
797 brace '{', and de-indents when typing a closing brace '}'. For Python,
798 a new line will be indented after typing ':' at the end of the
801 Similar to *Current chars* but the closing brace will be aligned to
802 match the indentation of the line with the opening brace.
808 Geany provides a handy bookmarking feature that lets you mark one
809 or more lines in a document, and return the cursor to them using a
812 To place a mark on a line, either left-mouse-click in the left margin
813 of the editor window, or else use Ctrl-m. This will
814 produce a small green plus symbol in the margin. You can have as many
815 marks in a document as you like. Click again (or use Ctrl-m again)
816 to remove the bookmark. To remove all the marks in a given document,
817 use "Remove Markers" in the Document menu.
819 To navigate down your document, jumping from one mark to the next,
820 use Ctrl-. (control period). To go in the opposite direction on
821 the page, use Ctrl-, (control comma). Using the bookmarking feature
822 together with the commands to switch from one editor tab to another
823 (Ctrl-PgUp/PgDn and Ctrl-Tab) provides a particularly fast way to
824 navigate around multiple files.
827 Code navigation history
828 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
830 To ease navigation in source files and especially between
831 different files, Geany lets you jump between different navigation
832 points. Currently, this works for the following:
834 * `Go to tag declaration`_
835 * `Go to tag definition`_
840 When using one of these actions, Geany remembers your current position
841 and jumps to the new one. If you decide to go back to your previous
842 position in the file, just use "Navigate back a location". To
843 get back to the new position again, just use "Navigate forward a
844 location". This makes it easier to navigate in e.g. foreign code
845 and between different files.
848 Sending text through custom commands
849 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
851 You can define several custom commands in Geany and send the current
852 selection to one of these commands using the "Edit->Format->Send
853 Selection to" menu or keybindings.
854 The output of the command will be
855 used to replace the current selection. This makes it possible to use text
856 formatting tools with Geany in a general way. The selected text will
857 be sent to the standard input of the executed command, so the command
858 should be able to read from it and it should print all results to its
859 standard output which will be read by Geany. To help finding errors
860 in executing the command, the output of the program's standard error
861 will be printed on Geany's standard output.
863 To add a custom command, just go to the Set Custom Commands dialog
864 in the Format sub menu of the Edit and Popup menu. Then click on Add
865 to get a new text entry and type the command. You can also specify
866 some command line options. To delete a command, just clear the text
867 entry and press OK. It will be deleted automatically.
873 You can execute the context action command on the current word at the
874 cursor position or the available selection. This word or selection
875 can be used as an argument to the command.
876 The context action is invoked by a menu entry in the popup menu of the
877 editor and also a keyboard shortcut (see the section called
880 The command can be specified in the preferences dialog and also for
881 each filetype (see "context_action_cmd" in the section called
882 `Format`_). When the context action is invoked, the filetype
883 specific command is used if available, otherwise the command
884 specified in the preferences dialog is executed.
886 The current word or selection can be referred with the wildcard "%s"
887 in the command, it will be replaced by the current word or
888 selection before the command is executed.
890 For example a context action can be used to open API documentation
891 in a browser window, the command to open the PHP API documentation
894 firefox "http://www.php.net/%s"
896 when executing the command, the %s is substituted by the word near
897 the cursor position or by the current selection. If the cursor is at
898 the word "echo", a browser window will open(assumed your browser is
899 called firefox) and it will open the address: http://www.php.net/echo.
905 Geany can offer a list of possible completions for symbols defined in the
906 tags and for all words in a document.
908 The autocompletion list for symbols is presented when the first few
909 characters of the symbol are typed (configurable, see `Editor Completions
910 preferences`_, default 4) or when the *Complete word*
911 keybinding is pressed (configurable, see `Editor keybindings`_,
914 When the defined keybinding is typed and the *Autocomplete all words in
915 document* preference (in `Editor Completions preferences`_)
916 is selected then the autocompletion list will show all matching words
917 in the document, if there are no matching symbols.
919 If you don't want to use autocompletion it can be dismissed until
920 the next symbol by pressing Escape. The autocompletion list is updated
921 as more characters are typed so that it only shows completions that start
922 with the characters typed so far. If no symbols begin with the sequence,
923 the autocompletion window is closed.
925 The up and down arrows will move the selected item. The highlighted
926 item on the autocompletion list can be chosen from the list by pressing
927 Enter/Return. You can also double-click to select an item. The sequence
928 will be completed to match the chosen item, and if the *Drop rest of
929 word on completion* preference is set (in `Editor Completions
930 preferences`_) then any characters after the cursor that match
931 a symbol or word are deleted.
935 By default, pressing Tab will complete the selected item by word part;
936 useful e.g. for adding the prefix ``gtk_combo_box_entry_`` without typing it
941 * gtk_combo_box_<e><TAB>
942 * gtk_combo_box_entry_<s><ENTER>
943 * gtk_combo_box_entry_set_text_column
945 The key combination can be changed from Tab - See `Editor keybindings`_.
946 If you clear/change the key combination for word part completion, Tab
947 will complete the whole word instead, like Enter.
959 When you type ``foo.`` it will show an autocompletion list with 'i' and
962 It only works for languages that set parent scope names for e.g. struct
963 members. Currently this means C-like languages. The C tag parser only
964 parses global scopes, so this won't work for structs or objects declared
968 User-definable snippets
969 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
971 Snippets are small strings or code constructs which can be replaced or
972 completed to a more complex string. So you can save a lot of time when
973 typing common strings and letting Geany do the work for you.
974 To know what to complete or replace Geany reads a configuration file
975 called ``snippets.conf`` at startup.
977 Maybe you need to often type your name, so define a snippet like this::
982 Every time you write ``myname`` <TAB> in Geany, it will replace "myname"
983 with "Enrico Tröger". The key to start autocompletion can be changed
984 in the preferences dialog, by default it is TAB. The corresponding keybinding
985 is called ``Complete snippet``.
987 The system-wide configuration file can be found in
988 ``$prefix/share/geany``, where ``$prefix`` is the path where Geany is
989 installed (see `Installation prefix`_). It is not recommended to edit the
990 system-wide file, because it will be overridden when Geany is updated.
992 To change the settings, copy the file from ``$prefix/share/geany``
993 in your configuration directory (usually ``~/.config/geany/``).
997 % cp /usr/local/share/geany/snippets.conf /home/username/.config/geany/
999 Then you can edit the file and the changes will remain available
1000 after an update of Geany because the file resides in your
1001 configuration directory. Alternatively, you can create a file
1002 ``~/.config/geany/snippets.conf`` and add only these settings you want
1003 to change. All missing settings will be read from the global snippets
1004 file in ``$prefix/share/geany``.
1006 The file ``snippets.conf`` contains sections defining snippets that
1007 are available for particular filetypes and in general.
1009 The two sections "Default" and "Special" apply to all filetypes.
1010 "Default" contains all snippets which are available for every
1011 filetype and "Special" contains snippets which can only be used in
1012 other snippets. So you can define often used parts of snippets and
1013 just use the special snippet as a placeholder (see the
1014 ``snippets.conf`` for details).
1016 You can define sections with the name of a filetype eg "C++". The
1017 snippets in that section are only available for use in files with that
1018 filetype. Snippets in filetype sections will hide snippets with the
1019 same name in the "Default" section when used in a file of that
1022 To define snippets you can use several special character sequences which
1023 will be replaced when using the snippet:
1025 **Substitution Sequences for snippets**
1027 ================ =========================================================
1028 \\n or %newline% Insert a new line (it will be replaced by the used EOL
1029 char(s): LF, CR/LF, or CR).
1031 \\t or %ws% Insert an indentation step, it will be replaced according
1032 to the current document's indent mode.
1034 \\s \\s to force whitespace at beginning or end of a value
1035 ('key= value' won't work, use 'key=\\svalue')
1037 %cursor% Place the cursor at this position after completion has
1038 been done. You can define multiple %cursor% wildcards
1039 and use the keybinding ``Move cursor in snippet`` to jump
1040 to the next defined cursor position in the completed
1043 %...% "..." means the name of a key in the "Special" section.
1044 If you have defined a key "brace_open" in the "Special"
1045 section you can use %brace_open% in any other snippet.
1046 ================ =========================================================
1048 Snippet names must not contain spaces otherwise they won't
1049 work correctly. But beside that you can define almost any
1050 string as a snippet and use it later in Geany. It is not limited
1051 to existing contructs of certain programming languages(like ``if``,
1052 ``for``, ``switch``). Define whatever you need.
1054 Since Geany 0.15 you can also use most of the available templates wildcards
1055 listed in `Template wildcards`_. All wildcards which are listed as
1056 `available in snippets` can be used. For instance to improve the above example::
1059 myname=My name is {developer}
1060 mysystem=My system: {command:uname -a}
1062 this will replace ``myname`` with "My name is " and the value of the template
1063 preference ``developer``.
1065 You can change the way Geany recognizes the word to complete,
1066 that is how the start and end of a word is recognised when the
1067 snippet completion is requested. The section "Special" may
1068 contain a key "wordchars" which lists all characters a string may contain
1069 to be recognized as a word for completion. Leave it commented to use
1070 default characters or define it to add or remove characters to fit your
1074 Inserting Unicode characters
1075 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1077 With GTK 2.10 and above, you can insert Unicode code points by hitting
1078 Ctrl-Shift-u, then still holding Ctrl-Shift, type some hex digits representing
1079 the code point for the character you want and hit Enter or Return (still
1080 holding Ctrl-Shift). If you release Ctrl-Shift before hitting Enter or Return
1081 (or any other character), the code insertion is completed, but the typed
1082 character is also entered. In the case of Enter/Return, it is a newline, as
1086 In some earlier versions of Geany, you might need to first unbind Ctrl-Shift-u
1087 in the `keybinding preferences`_, then select *Tools->Reload Configuration*
1088 or restart Geany. Note that it works slightly differently from other GTK
1089 applications, in that you'll need to continue to hold down the Ctrl and Shift
1090 keys while typing the code point hex digits (and the Enter or Return to finish the code point).
1092 For GTK < 2.10, it is also possible, but typing the first Ctrl-Shift-u
1093 is not necessary. One problem is that you may find the alphabetic
1094 keys conflict with other Geany keybindings.
1098 Search, replace and go to
1099 -------------------------
1101 This section describes search-related commands from the Search menu
1102 and the editor window's popup menu:
1108 * Go to tag definition \*
1109 * Go to tag declaration \*
1112 \* These items are available from the editor window's popup menu, or by
1113 using a keyboard shortcut (see `Search keybindings`_).
1117 There are also two toolbar entries:
1122 There are keybindings to focus each of these - see `Focus
1123 keybindings`_. Pressing Escape will then focus the editor.
1127 The quickest way to find some text is to use the search bar entry in
1128 the toolbar. This performs a case-insensitive search in the current
1129 document whilst you type. Pressing Enter will search again.
1134 The Find dialog is used for finding text in one or more open documents.
1136 .. image:: ./images/find_dialog.png
1142 The syntax for the *Use regular expressions* option is shown in
1143 `Regular expressions`_.
1146 *Use escape sequences* is implied for regular expressions.
1148 The *Use escape sequences* option will transform any escaped characters
1149 into their UTF-8 equivalent. For example, \\t will be transformed into
1150 a tab character. Other recognized symbols are: \\\\, \\n, \\r, \\uXXXX
1151 (Unicode characters).
1157 To find all matches, click on the Find All expander. This will reveal
1164 Find All In Document will show a list of matching lines in the
1165 current document in the Messages tab of the Message Window. *Find All
1166 In Session* does the same for all open documents.
1168 Mark will highlight all matches in the current document with a
1169 colored box. These markers can be removed by selecting the
1170 Remove Markers command from the Document menu.
1173 Change font in search dialog text fields
1174 ````````````````````````````````````````
1176 All search related dialogs use a Monospace for the text input fields to
1177 increase the readability of input text. This is useful when you are
1178 typing input such as regular expressions with spaces, periods and commas which
1179 might it hard to read with a proportional font.
1181 If you want to change the font, you can do this easily
1182 by inserting the following style into your ``.gtkrc-2.0``
1183 (usually found in your home directory on UNIX-like systems and in the
1184 etc subdirectory of your Geany installation on Windows)::
1186 style "search_style"
1188 font_name="Monospace 8"
1190 widget "GeanyDialogSearch.*.GtkEntry" style:highest "search_style"
1192 Please note the addition of ":highest" in the last line which sets the priority
1193 of this style to the highest available. Otherwise, the style is ignored
1194 for the search dialogs.
1200 Find usage searches all open files. It is similar to the Find All In
1201 Session option in the Find dialog.
1203 If there is a selection, then it is used as the search text; otherwise
1204 the current word is used. The current word is either taken from the
1205 word nearest the edit cursor, or the word underneath the popup menu
1206 click position when the popup menu is used. The search results are
1207 shown in the Messages tab of the Message Window.
1213 Find in files is a more powerful version of Find usage that searches
1214 all files in a certain directory using the Grep tool. The Grep tool
1215 must be correctly set in Preferences to the path of the system's Grep
1216 utility. GNU Grep is recommended.
1218 .. image:: ./images/find_in_files_dialog.png
1221 The Encoding combo box can be used to define the encoding of the files
1222 to be searched. The entered search text is converted to the chosen encoding
1223 and the search results are converted back to UTF-8.
1224 The Extra options field is used to pass any additional arguments to
1228 Filtering out version control files
1229 ```````````````````````````````````
1231 When using the *Recurse in subfolders* option with a directory that's
1232 under version control, you can set the *Extra options* field to use
1233 grep's ``--exclude`` flag to filter out filenames.
1235 SVN Example: ``--exclude=*.svn-base``
1237 The --exclude argument only matches the file name part, not the path. If
1238 you have GNU Grep >= 2.5.2 you can use the ``--exclude-dir`` argument to
1239 filter out CVS and hidden directories like ``.svn``.
1241 Example: ``--exclude-dir=.* --exclude-dir=CVS``
1247 The Replace dialog is used for replacing text in one or more open
1250 .. image:: ./images/replace_dialog.png
1252 The Replace dialog has the same options for matching text as the Find
1253 dialog. See the section `Matching options`_.
1255 The *Use regular expressions* option allows regular expressions to
1256 be used in the search string and back references in the replacement
1257 text -- see the entry for '\\n' in `Regular expressions`_.
1262 To replace several matches, click on the *Replace All* expander. This
1263 will reveal several options:
1269 *Replace All In Document* will replace all matching text in the
1270 current document. *Replace All In Session* does the same for all open
1271 documents. *Replace All In Selection* will replace all matching text
1272 in the current selection of the current document.
1275 Go to tag definition
1276 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1278 If the current word is the name of a tag definition (like a function
1279 body) and the file containing the tag definition is open, this command
1280 will switch to that file and go to the corresponding line number. The
1281 current word is either the word nearest the edit cursor,
1282 or the word underneath the popup menu click position when the popup
1286 Go to tag declaration
1287 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1289 Like Go to tag definition, but for a forward declaration such as a
1290 function prototype or ``extern`` declaration instead of a function
1297 Go to a particular line number in the current file.
1303 You can use regular expressions in the Find and Replace dialogs
1304 by selecting the *Use regular expressions* check box (see `Matching
1305 options`_). The syntax is POSIX compatible, as described in the table
1309 1. The *Use escape sequences* dialog option always applies for regular
1311 2. Searching backwards with regular expressions is not supported.
1312 3. \\b, \\d, \\s, \\w are GNU extensions and may not be available
1313 on non-GNU POSIX systems unless you built Geany with the
1314 ``--enable-gnu-regex`` option (this is always used on Windows).
1316 **In a regular expression, the following characters are interpreted:**
1318 ======= ============================================================
1319 . Matches any character.
1321 ( This marks the start of a region for tagging a match.
1323 ) This marks the end of a tagged region.
1325 \\n Where n is 1 through 9 refers to the first through ninth tagged
1326 region when searching or replacing.
1328 Searching for (Wiki)\\1 matches WikiWiki.
1330 If the search string was Fred([1-9])XXX and the
1331 replace string was Sam\\1YYY, when applied to Fred2XXX this
1332 would generate Sam2YYY.
1334 \\0 When replacing, the whole matching text.
1336 \\b This matches a word boundary.
1338 \\c A backslash followed by d, D, s, S, w or W, becomes a
1339 character class (both inside and outside sets []).
1342 * D: any char except decimal digits
1343 * s: whitespace (space, \\t \\n \\r \\f \\v)
1344 * S: any char except whitespace (see above)
1345 * w: alphanumeric & underscore
1346 * W: any char except alphanumeric & underscore
1348 \\x This allows you to use a character x that would otherwise have
1349 a special meaning. For example, \\[ would be interpreted as [
1350 and not as the start of a character set. Use \\\\ for a literal
1353 [...] Matches one of the characters in the set. If the first
1354 character in the set is ^, it matches the characters NOT in
1355 the set, i.e. complements the set. A shorthand S-E (start
1356 dash end) is used to specify a set of characters S up to E,
1359 The special characters ] and - have no special
1360 meaning if they appear first in the set. - can also be last
1361 in the set. To include both, put ] first: []A-Z-].
1365 []|-] matches these 3 chars
1366 []-|] matches from ] to | chars
1367 [a-z] any lowercase alpha
1368 [^]-] any char except - and ]
1369 [^A-Z] any char except uppercase alpha
1372 ^ This matches the start of a line (unless used inside a set, see
1375 $ This matches the end of a line.
1377 \* This matches 0 or more times. For example, Sa*m matches Sm, Sam,
1378 Saam, Saaam and so on.
1380 \+ This matches 1 or more times. For example, Sa+m matches Sam,
1381 Saam, Saaam and so on.
1383 \? This matches 0 or 1 time(s). For example, Joh?n matches John, Jon.
1384 ======= ============================================================
1387 This table is adapted from Scintilla and SciTE documentation,
1388 distributed under the `License for Scintilla and SciTE`_.
1395 Tags are information that relates symbols in a program with the
1396 source file location of the declaration and definition.
1398 Geany has built-in functionality for generating tag information (aka
1399 "workspace tags") for supported filetypes when you open a file. You
1400 can also have Geany automatically load external tag files (aka "global
1401 tags files") upon startup, or manually using *Tools --> Load Tags*.
1403 Geany uses its own tag file format, similar to what ``ctags`` uses
1404 (but is incompatible with ctags). You use Geany to generate global
1405 tags files, as described below.
1411 Tags for each document are parsed whenever a file is loaded or
1412 saved. These are shown in the Symbol list in the Sidebar. These tags
1413 are also used for autocompletion of symbols and calltips for all documents
1414 open in the current session that have the same filetype.
1416 The *Go to Tag* commands can be used with all workspace tags. See
1417 `Go to tag definition`_.
1423 Global tags are used to provide autocompletion of symbols and calltips
1424 without having to open the corresponding source files. This is intended
1425 for library APIs, as the tags file only has to be updated when you upgrade
1428 You can load a custom global tags file in two ways:
1430 * Using the *Load Tags* command in the Tools menu.
1431 * By creating a directory ``~/.config/geany/tags``, and moving or symlinking
1432 the tags files there before starting Geany.
1433 * By creating a directory ``$prefix/share/geany/tags``, and moving
1434 or symlinking the tags files there before starting Geany.
1435 ``$prefix`` is the installation prefix (see `Installation prefix`_).
1437 You can either download these files or generate your own. They have
1442 *lang_ext* is one of the extensions set for the filetype associated
1443 with the tags. See the section called `Filetype extensions`_ for
1447 Default global tags files
1448 `````````````````````````
1450 For some languages, a list of global tags is loaded when the
1451 corresponding filetype is first used. Currently these are for:
1453 * C -- GTK+ and GLib
1456 * HTML -- &symbol; completion, e.g. for ampersand, copyright, etc.
1461 Global tags file format
1462 ```````````````````````
1464 Global tags files can have two different formats:
1467 * Pipe-separated format
1469 The first line of global tags files should be a comment, introduced
1470 by ``#`` followed by a space and a string like ``format=pipe``
1471 or ``format=tagmanager`` respectively, these are case-sensitive.
1472 This helps Geany to read the file properly. If this line
1473 is missing, Geany tries to auto-detect the used format but this
1477 The Tagmanager format is a bit more complex and is used for files
1478 created by the ``geany -g`` command. There is one tag per line.
1479 Different tag attributes like the return value or the argument list
1480 are separated with different characters indicating the type of the
1483 The Pipe-separated format is easier to read and write.
1484 There is one tag per line and different tag attributes are separated
1485 by the pipe character (``|``). A line looks like::
1487 basename|string|(string path [, string suffix])|
1489 | The first field is the tag name (usually a function name).
1490 | The second field is the type of the return value.
1491 | The third field is the argument list for this tag.
1492 | The fourth field is the description for this tag but
1493 currently unused and should be left empty.
1495 Except for the first field (tag name), all other field can be left
1496 empty but the pipe separator must appear for them.
1498 You can easily write your own global tag files using this format.
1499 Just save them in your tags directory, as described earlier in the
1500 section `Global tags`_.
1503 Generating a global tags file
1504 `````````````````````````````
1506 You can generate your own global tags files by parsing a list of
1507 source files. The command is::
1509 geany -g [-P] <Tag File> <File list>
1511 * Tag File filename should be in the format described earlier --
1512 see the section called `Global tags`_.
1513 * File list is a list of filenames, each with a full path (unless
1514 you are generating C/C++ tags and have set the CFLAGS environment
1515 variable appropriately).
1516 * ``-P`` or ``--no-preprocessing`` disables using the C pre-processor
1517 to process ``#include`` directives for C/C++ source files. Use this
1518 option if you want to specify each source file on the command-line
1519 instead of using a 'master' header file. Also can be useful if you
1520 don't want to specify the CFLAGS environment variable.
1522 Example for the wxD library for the D programming language::
1524 geany -g wxd.d.tags /home/username/wxd/wx/*.d
1527 *Generating C/C++ tag files:*
1529 For C/C++ tag files, gcc and grep are required, so that header files
1530 can be preprocessed to include any other headers they depend upon.
1532 For C/C++ files, the environment variable CFLAGS should be set with
1533 appropriate ``-I/path`` include paths. The following example works with
1534 the bash shell, generating tags for the GnomeUI library::
1536 CFLAGS=`pkg-config --cflags libgnomeui-2.0` geany -g gnomeui.c.tags \
1537 /usr/include/libgnomeui-2.0/gnome.h
1539 You can adapt this command to use CFLAGS and header files appropriate
1540 for whichever libraries you want.
1543 *Replacing the default C/C++ tags file:*
1545 Geany currently uses a default global tags file c99.tags for
1546 C and C++, commonly installed in /usr/share/geany. This file can
1547 be replaced with one containing tags parsed from a different set
1548 of header files. When Geany is next started, your custom tags file
1549 will be loaded instead of the default c99.tags. You should keep a
1550 copy of the generated tags file because it will get overwritten when
1557 You can also ignore certain tags if they would lead to wrong parsing of
1558 the code. Simply create a file called "ignore.tags" in your Geany
1559 configuration directory (usually ``~/.config/geany/``). Then list all tags
1560 you want to ignore in this file, separated by spaces and/or newlines.
1562 More detailed information about the usage from the Exuberant Ctags
1565 Specifies a list of identifiers which are to be specially handled
1566 while parsing C and C++ source files. This option is specifically
1567 provided to handle special cases arising through the use of
1568 pre-processor macros. When the identifiers listed are simple identifiers,
1569 these identifiers will be ignored during parsing of the source files.
1570 If an identifier is suffixed with a '+' character, ctags will also
1571 ignore any parenthesis-enclosed argument list which may immediately
1572 follow the identifier in the source files.
1573 If two identifiers are separated with the '=' character, the first
1574 identifiers is replaced by the second identifiers for parsing purposes.
1576 For even more detailed information please read the manual page of
1583 You may adjust Geany's settings using the Edit --> Preferences
1584 dialog. Any changes you make there can be applied by hitting either
1585 the Apply or the OK button. These settings will persist between Geany
1586 sessions. Note that most settings here have descriptive popup bubble
1587 help -- just hover the mouse over the item in question to get help
1590 You may also adjust some View settings (under the View menu) that
1591 persist between Geany sessions. The settings under the Document menu,
1592 however, are only for the current document and revert to defaults
1593 when restarting Geany.
1595 There are also some rarer `Hidden preferences`_.
1598 In the paragraphs that follow, the text describing a dialog tab
1599 comes after the screenshot of that tab.
1602 General Startup preferences
1603 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1605 .. image:: ./images/pref_dialog_gen_startup.png
1610 Load files from the last session
1611 On startup, load the same files you had open the last time you
1614 Load virtual terminal support
1615 Load the library for running a terminal in the message window area.
1617 Enable plugin support
1618 Allow plugins to be used in Geany.
1622 Save window position and geometry
1623 Save the current position and size of the main window so next time
1624 you open Geany it's in the same location.
1627 Have a dialog pop up to confirm that you really want to quit Geany.
1633 Path to start in when opening or saving files.
1634 It must be an absolute path.
1635 Leave it blank to use the current working directory.
1638 Path to start in when opening project files.
1641 By default Geany looks in the global installation path and in the
1642 configuration directory. In addition the path entered here will be searched
1643 for plugins. Usually you do not need to set an additional path to search for
1644 plugins. It might be useful when Geany is installed on a multi-user machine
1645 and additional plugins are available in a common location for all users.
1646 Leave blank to not set an additional lookup path.
1649 General Miscellaneous preferences
1650 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1652 .. image:: ./images/pref_dialog_gen_misc.png
1657 Beep on errors when compilation has finished
1658 Have the computer make a beeping sound when compilation of your program
1659 has completed or any errors occurred.
1661 Switch status message list at new message
1662 Switch to the status message tab (in the notebook window at the bottom)
1663 once a new status message arrives.
1665 Suppress status messages in the status bar
1666 Remove all messages from the status bar. The messages are still displayed
1667 in the status messages window.
1670 Another option is to use the *Switch to Editor* keybinding - it
1671 reshows the document statistics on the status bar. See `Focus
1674 Use Windows File Open/Save dialogs
1675 Defines whether to use the native Windows File Open/Save dialogs or
1676 whether to use the GTK default dialogs.
1678 Auto-focus widgets (focus follows mouse)
1679 Give the focus automatically to widgets below the mouse cursor.
1680 This works for the main editor widget, the scribble, the toolbar search field
1681 goto line fields and the VTE.
1686 Always wrap search and hide the Find dialog
1687 Always wrap search around the document and hide the Find dialog after clicking
1690 Use the current word under the cursor for Find dialogs
1691 Use current word under the cursor when opening the Find, Find in Files or Replace dialog and
1692 there is no selection. When this option is disabled, the search term last used in the
1693 appropriate Find dialog is used.
1695 Use the current file's directory for Find in Files
1696 When opening the Find in Files dialog, set the directory to search to the directory of the current
1697 active file. When this option is disabled, the directory of the last use of the Find in Files
1703 Use project-based session files
1704 Save your current session when closing projects. You will be able to
1705 resume different project sessions, automatically opening the files
1706 you had open previously.
1708 Store project file inside the project base directory
1709 When creating new projects, the default path for the project file contains
1710 the project base path. Without this option enabled, the default project file
1711 path is one level above the project base path.
1712 In either case, you can easily set the final project file path in the
1713 *New Project* dialog. This option provides the more common
1714 defaults automatically for convenience.
1717 Interface preferences
1718 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1720 .. image:: ./images/pref_dialog_interface.png
1726 Whether to show the sidebar at all.
1729 Show the list of functions, variables, and other information in the
1730 current document you are editing.
1733 Show all the documents you have open currently. This can be used to
1734 change between documents (see `Switching between documents`_) and
1735 to perform some common operations such as saving, closing and reloading.
1738 Whether to place the sidebar on the left or right of the editor window.
1744 Change the font used to display documents.
1747 Change the font used for the Symbols sidebar tab.
1750 Change the font used for the message window area.
1756 Show a notebook tab for all documents so you can switch between them
1757 using the mouse (instead of using the Documents window).
1760 Make each tab show a close button so you can easily close open
1763 Placement of new file tabs
1764 Whether to create a document with its notebook tab to the left or
1765 right of all existing tabs.
1768 Whether to place file tabs next to the current tab
1769 rather than at the edges of the notebook.
1771 Double-clicking hides all additional widgets
1772 Whether to call the View->Toggle All Additional Widgets command
1773 when double-clicking on a notebook tab.
1779 Set the positioning of the editor's notebook tabs to the right,
1780 left, top, or bottom of the editing window.
1783 Set the positioning of the sidebar's notebook tabs to the right,
1784 left, top, or bottom of the sidebar window.
1787 Set the positioning of the message window's notebook tabs to the
1788 right, left, top, or bottom of the message window.
1794 Show the status bar at the bottom of the main window. It gives information about
1795 the file you are editing like the line and column you are on, whether any
1796 modifications were done, the file encoding, the filetype and other information.
1802 Affects the main toolbar underneath the menu bar.
1804 .. image:: ./images/pref_dialog_toolbar.png
1810 Whether to show the toolbar.
1812 Append Toolbar to the Menu
1813 Allows to append the toolbar to the main menu bar instead of placing it below.
1814 This is useful to save vertical space.
1817 See `Customizing the toolbar`_.
1823 Select the toolbar icon style to use - either icons and text, just
1825 The choice System default uses whatever icon style is set by GTK.
1828 Select the size of the icons you see (large, small or very small).
1829 The choice System default uses whatever icon size is set by GTK.
1832 Editor Features preferences
1833 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1835 .. image:: ./images/pref_dialog_edit_features.png
1841 Show long lines wrapped around to new display lines.
1843 Enable "smart" home key
1844 Whether to move the cursor to the first non-whitespace character
1845 on the line when you hit the home key on your keyboard. Pressing it
1846 again will go to the very start of the line.
1848 Disable Drag and Drop
1849 Do not allow the dragging and dropping of selected text in documents.
1852 Allow groups of lines in a document to be collapsed for easier
1855 Fold/Unfold all children of a fold point
1856 Whether to fold/unfold all child fold points when a parent line
1859 Use indicators to show compile errors
1860 Underline lines with compile errors using red squiggles to indicate
1861 them in the editor area.
1863 Newline strip trailing spaces
1864 Remove any white space at the end of the line when you hit the
1867 Line breaking column
1868 The editor column number to insert a newline at when Line Breaking
1869 is enabled for the current document.
1871 Comment toggle marker
1872 A string which is added when toggling a line comment in a source file.
1873 It is used to mark the comment as toggled.
1876 Editor Indentation preferences
1877 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1879 .. image:: ./images/pref_dialog_edit_indentation.png
1884 See `Indentation`_ for more information.
1887 When Geany inserts indentation, whether to use:
1891 * Tabs and Spaces, depending on how much indentation is on a line
1893 The *Tabs and Spaces* indent type is also known as *Soft tab
1894 support* in some other editors.
1897 The width of a single indent size in spaces. By default the indent
1898 size is equivalent to 4 spaces.
1901 Try to detect and set the indent type based on file content, when
1905 The type of auto-indentation you wish to use after pressing Enter,
1909 Just add the indentation of the previous line.
1911 Add indentation based on the current filetype and any characters at
1912 the end of the line such as ``{``, ``}`` for C, ``:`` for Python.
1914 Like *Current chars* but for C-like languages, make a closing
1915 ``}`` brace line up with the matching opening brace.
1918 If set, pressing tab will indent the current line or selection, and
1919 unindent when pressing Shift-tab. Otherwise, the tab key will
1920 insert a tab character into the document (which can be different
1921 from indentation, depending on the indent type).
1924 There are also separate configurable keybindings for indent &
1925 unindent, but this preference allows the tab key to have different
1926 meanings in different contexts - e.g. for snippet completion.
1928 Editor Completions preferences
1929 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1931 .. image:: ./images/pref_dialog_edit_completions.png
1937 Whether to replace special keywords after typing Tab into a
1938 pre-defined text snippet.
1939 See `User-definable snippets`_.
1941 XML tag autocompletion
1942 When you open an XML tag automatically generate its completion tag.
1944 Automatic continuation multi-line comments
1945 Continue automatically multi-line comments in languages like C, C++
1946 and Java when a new line is entered inside such a comment.
1947 With this option enabled, Geany will insert a ``*`` on every new line
1948 inside a multi-line comment, for example when you press return in the
1952 * This is a C multi-line comment, press <Return>
1954 then Geany would insert::
1958 on the next line with the correct indentation based on the previous line,
1959 as long as the multi-line is not closed by ``*/``.
1961 Autocomplete symbols
1962 When you start to type a symbol name, look for the full string to
1963 allow it to be completed for you.
1965 Autocomplete all words in document
1966 When you start to type a word, Geany will search the whole document for
1967 words starting with the typed part to complete it, assuming there
1968 are no tag names to show.
1970 Drop rest of word on completion
1971 Remove any word part to the right of the cursor when choosing a
1972 completion list item.
1974 Characters to type for autocompletion
1975 Number of characters of a word to type before autocompletion is
1978 Completion list height
1979 The number of rows to display for the autocompletion window.
1981 Max. symbol name suggestions
1982 The maximum number of items in the autocompletion list.
1985 Auto-close quotes and brackets
1986 ``````````````````````````````
1988 Geany can automatically insert a closing bracket and quote characters when
1989 you open them. For instance, you type a ``(`` and Geany will automatically
1990 insert ``)``. With the following options, you can define for which
1991 characters this should work.
1994 Auto-close parenthesis when typing an opening one
1997 Auto-close curly brackets (braces) when typing an opening one
2000 Auto-close square brackets when typing an opening one
2003 Auto-close single quotes when typing an opening one
2006 Auto-close double quotes when typing an opening one
2009 Editor Display preferences
2010 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2012 This is for visual elements displayed in the editor window.
2014 .. image:: ./images/pref_dialog_edit_display.png
2019 Invert syntax highlighting colors
2020 Invert all colors, by default this makes white text on a black
2023 Show indendation guides
2024 Show vertical lines to help show how much leading indentation there
2028 Mark all tabs with an arrow "-->" symbol and spaces with dots to
2029 show which kinds of whitespace are used.
2032 Display a symbol everywhere that a carriage return or line feed
2036 Show or hide the Line Number margin.
2039 Show or hide the small margin right of the line numbers, which is used
2042 Stop scrolling at last line
2043 When enabled Geany stops scrolling when at the last line of the document.
2044 Otherwise you can scroll one more page even if there are no real lines.
2050 The long line marker helps to indicate overly-long lines, or as a hint
2051 to the user for when to break the line.
2055 Show a thin vertical line in the editor window at the given column
2058 Change the background color of characters after the given column
2059 position to the color set below. (This is recommended over the
2060 *Line* setting if you use proportional fonts).
2062 Don't mark long lines at all.
2065 Set this value to a value greater than zero to specify the column
2066 where it should appear.
2068 Long line marker color
2069 Set the color of the long line marker.
2075 Virtual space is space beyond the end of each line.
2076 The cursor may be moved into virtual space but no real space will be
2077 added to the document until there is some text typed or some other
2078 text insertion command is used.
2081 Do not show virtual spaces
2083 Only for rectangular selections
2084 Only show virtual spaces beyond the end of lines when drawing a rectangular selection
2087 Always show virtual spaces beyond the end of lines
2093 .. image:: ./images/pref_dialog_files.png
2098 Open new documents from the command-line
2099 Whether to create new documents when passing filenames that don't
2100 exist from the command-line.
2102 Default encoding (new files)
2103 The type of file encoding you wish to use when creating files.
2105 Used fixed encoding when opening files
2106 Assume all files you are opening are using the type of encoding specified below.
2108 Default encoding (existing files)
2109 Opens all files with the specified encoding instead of auto-detecting it.
2110 Use this option when it's not possible for Geany to detect the exact encoding.
2112 Default end of line characters
2113 The end of line characters to which should be used for new files.
2114 On Windows systems, you generally want to use CR/LF which are the common
2115 characters to mark line breaks.
2116 On Unix-like systems, LF is default and CR is used on MAC systems.
2120 Perform formatting operations when a document is saved. These
2121 can each be undone with the Undo command.
2123 Ensure newline at file end
2124 Add a newline at the end of the document if one is missing.
2126 Strip trailing spaces
2127 Remove the trailing spaces on each line of the document.
2129 Replace tabs by space
2130 Replace all tabs in the document with the equivalent number of spaces.
2133 It is better to use spaces to indent than use this preference - see
2139 Recent files list length
2140 The number of files to remember in the recently used files list.
2143 The number of seconds to periodically check the current document's
2144 file on disk in case it has changed. Setting it to 0 will disable
2148 These checks are only performed on local files. Remote files are
2149 not checked for changes due to performance issues
2150 (remote files are files in ``~/.gvfs/``).
2156 .. image:: ./images/pref_dialog_tools.png
2162 The location of your terminal executable.
2165 The location of your web browser executable.
2168 The location of the grep executable.
2171 For Windows users: at the time of writing it is recommended to use
2172 the grep.exe from the UnxUtils project
2173 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils). The grep.exe from the
2174 Mingw project for instance might not work with Geany at the moment.
2180 Set this to a command to execute on the current word.
2181 You can use the "%s" wildcard to pass the current word below the cursor
2182 to the specified command.
2185 Template preferences
2186 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2188 This data is used as meta data for various template text to insert into
2189 a document, such as the file header. You only need to set fields that
2190 you want to use in your template files.
2193 For changes made here to take effect, you must either select
2194 *Tools->Reload Configuration* or restart Geany.
2196 .. image:: ./images/pref_dialog_templ.png
2202 The name of the developer who will be creating files.
2205 The initials of the developer.
2208 The email address of the developer.
2211 You may wish to add anti-spam markup, e.g. ``name<at>site<dot>ext``.
2214 The company the developer is working for.
2217 The initial version of files you will be creating.
2220 Specify a format for the the {year} wildcard. You can use any conversion specifiers
2221 which can be used with the ANSI C strftime function. For details please see
2222 http://man.cx/strftime.
2225 Specify a format for the the {date} wildcard. You can use any conversion specifiers
2226 which can be used with the ANSI C strftime function. For details please see
2227 http://man.cx/strftime.
2230 Specify a format for the the {datetime} wildcard. You can use any conversion specifiers
2231 which can be used with the ANSI C strftime function. For details please see
2232 http://man.cx/strftime.
2235 Keybinding preferences
2236 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2238 .. image:: ./images/pref_dialog_keys.png
2240 There are some commands listed in the keybinding dialog that are not, by default,
2241 bound to a key combination, and may not be available as a menu item.
2244 For more information see the section `Keybindings`_.
2247 Printing preferences
2248 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2250 .. image:: ./images/pref_dialog_printing.png
2252 Use external command for printing
2253 Use a system command to print your file out.
2255 Use native GTK printing
2256 Let the GTK GUI toolkit handle your print request.
2259 Print the line numbers on the left of your paper.
2262 Print the page number on the bottom right of your paper.
2265 Print a header on every page that is sent to the printer.
2267 Use base name of the printed file
2268 Don't use the entire path for the header, only the filename.
2271 How the date should be printed. You can use the same format
2272 specifiers as in the ANSI C function strftime(). For details please
2273 see http://man.cx/strftime.
2276 Terminal (VTE) preferences
2277 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2279 See also: `Virtual terminal emulator widget (VTE)`_.
2281 .. image:: ./images/pref_dialog_vte.png
2287 Select the font that will be used in the terminal emulation control.
2290 Select the font color.
2293 Select the background color of the terminal.
2296 The number of lines buffered so that you can scroll though the history.
2299 The location of the shell on your system.
2302 Scroll the terminal to the prompt line when pressing a key.
2305 Scroll the output down.
2308 Let the terminal cursor blink.
2310 Override Geany keybindings
2311 Allow the VTE to receive keyboard shortcuts (apart from focus commands).
2313 Disable menu shortcut key (F10 by default)
2314 Disable the menu shortcut when you are in the virtual terminal.
2316 Follow path of the current file
2317 Make the path of the terminal change according to the path of the
2320 Execute programs in VTE
2321 Execute programs in the virtual terminal instead of using the external
2322 terminal tool. Note that if you run multiple execute commands at once
2323 the output may become mixed together in the VTE.
2325 Don't use run script
2326 Don't use the simple run script which is usually used to display
2327 the exit status of the executed program.
2328 This can be useful if you already have a program running in the VTE
2329 like a Python console (e.g. ipython). Use this with care.
2335 Project Management is optional in Geany. Currently it can be used for:
2337 * Storing and opening session files on a project basis.
2338 * Configuring the Build menu on a project basis.
2340 A list of session files can be stored and opened with the project
2341 when the *Use project-based session files* preference is enabled,
2342 in the *Project* group of the `Preferences`_ dialog.
2344 As long as a project is open, the Build menu will use
2345 the items defined in project's settings, instead of the defaults.
2346 See `Build Menu Configuration`_ for information on configuring the menu.
2348 The current project's settings are saved when it is closed, or when
2349 Geany is shutdown. When restarting Geany, the previously opened project
2350 file that was in use at the end of the last session will be reopened.
2352 The project menu items are detailed below.
2358 To create a new project, fill in the *Name* field. By default this
2359 will setup a new project file ``~/projects/name.geany``. Usually it's
2360 best to store all your project files in the same directory (they are
2361 independent of any source directory trees).
2363 The Base path text field is setup to use ``~/projects/name``. This
2364 can safely be set to any existing path -- it will not touch the file
2365 structure contained in it.
2371 You can set an optional description for the project, but it is not
2372 used elsewhere by Geany.
2374 The *Base path* field is used as the directory to run the Build menu commands.
2375 The specified path can be an absolute path or it is considered to be
2376 relative to the project's file name.
2379 Set Base Path Button
2380 ````````````````````
2382 This button is a convenience to set the working directory fields
2383 in the non-filetype Build menu items to %p to use the project base path.
2386 Pressing the 'set' button will override any working directories
2387 you have configured for the project.
2393 The Open command displays a standard file chooser, starting in
2394 ``~/projects``. Choose a project file named with the ``.geany``
2397 When project session support is enabled, Geany will close the currently
2398 open files and open the session files associated with the project.
2404 Project file settings are saved when the project is closed.
2406 When project session support is enabled, Geany will close the project
2407 session files and open any previously closed default session files.
2412 After editing code with Geany, the next step is to compile, link, build,
2413 interpret, run etc. As Geany supports many languages each with a different
2414 approach to such operations, and as there are also many language independent
2415 software building systems, Geany does not have a built-in build system, nor
2416 does it limit which system you can use. Instead the build menu provides
2417 a configurable and flexible means of running any external commands to
2418 execute your preferred build system.
2420 This section provides a description of the default configuration of the
2421 build menu and then covers how to configure it, and where the defaults fit in.
2423 Running the commands from within Geany has two benefits:
2425 * The current file is automatically saved before the command is run.
2426 * The output is captured in the Compiler notebook tab and parsed for
2429 Warnings and errors that can be parsed for line numbers will be shown in
2430 red in the Compiler tab and you can click on them to switch to the relevant
2431 source file (or open it) and mark the line number. Also lines with
2432 warnings or errors are marked in the source, see `Indicators`_ below.
2435 If Geany's default error message parsing does not parse errors for
2436 the tool you're using, you can set a custom regex in the Build Commands
2437 Dialog, see `Build Menu Configuration`_.
2442 Indicators are red squiggly underlines which are used to highlight
2443 errors which occurred while compiling the current file. So you can
2444 easily see where your code failed to compile. You can remove them by
2445 selecting *Remove Error Indicators* in the Document menu.
2447 If you do not like this feature, you can disable it - see `Editor Features
2451 Default Build Menu Items
2452 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2453 Depending on the current file's filetype, the default Build menu will contain
2454 the following items:
2459 * Make Custom Target
2464 * Set Build Menu Commands
2470 The Compile command has different uses for different kinds of files.
2472 For compilable languages such as C and C++, the Compile command is
2473 set up to compile the current source file into a binary object file.
2475 Java source files will be compiled to class file bytecode.
2477 Interpreted languages such as Perl, Python, Ruby will compile to
2478 bytecode if the language supports it, or will run a syntax check,
2479 or if that is not available will run the file in its language interpreter.
2484 For compilable languages such as C and C++, the Build command will link
2485 the current source file's equivalent object file into an executable. If
2486 the object file does not exist, the source will be compiled and linked
2487 in one step, producing just the executable binary.
2489 Interpreted languages do not use the Build command.
2492 If you need complex settings for your build system, or several
2493 different settings, then writing a Makefile and using the Make
2494 commands is recommended; this will also make it easier for users to
2495 build your software.
2501 This runs "make" in the same directory as the
2507 This is similar to running 'Make' but you will be prompted for
2508 the make target name to be passed to the Make tool. For example,
2509 typing 'clean' in the dialog prompt will run "make clean".
2515 Make object will run "make current_file.o" in the same directory as
2516 the current file, using the filename for 'current_file'. It is useful
2517 for building just the current file without building the whole project.
2522 The next error item will move to the next detected error in the file.
2526 The previous error item will move to the previous detected error in the file.
2531 Execute will run the corresponding executable file, shell script or
2532 interpreted script in a terminal window. Note that the Terminal tool
2533 path must be correctly set in the Tools tab of the Preferences dialog -
2534 you can use any terminal program that runs a Bourne compatible shell
2535 and accept the "-e" command line argument to start a command or can be
2536 selected to use the built-in VTE if it is available - see
2537 `Virtual terminal emulator widget (VTE)`_.
2539 After your program or script has finished executing, you will be
2540 prompted to press the return key. This allows you to review any text
2541 output from the program before the terminal window is closed.
2544 The execute command output is not parsed for errors.
2547 Stopping running processes
2548 ``````````````````````````
2550 When there is a running program, the Execute menu item in the menu and
2551 the Run button in the toolbar
2552 each become a stop button so you can stop the current running program (and
2553 any child processes). This works by sending the SIGQUIT signal to the process.
2555 Depending on the process you started it is possible that the process
2556 cannot be stopped. For example this can happen when the process creates
2557 more than one child process.
2563 Xterm is known to work properly. If you are using "Terminal"
2564 (the terminal program of Xfce), you should add the command line
2565 option ``--disable-server`` otherwise the started process cannot be
2566 stopped. Just add this option in the preferences dialog on the Tools
2567 tab in the terminal field.
2573 By default the Compile and Build commands invoke the GCC compiler and
2574 linker with only the basic arguments needed by all programs. Using
2575 *Set Build Commands* you can add any include paths and compile
2576 flags for the compiler, any library names and paths for the linker,
2577 and any arguments you want to use when running Execute.
2579 Build Menu Configuration
2580 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2582 The build menu has considerable flexibility and configurability, allowing
2583 both menu labels the commands they execute and the directory they execute
2584 in to be configured.
2586 For example, if you change one of the default make commands to run say 'waf'
2587 you can also change the label to match.
2589 These settings are saved automatically when Geany is shut down.
2591 The build menu is divided into four groups of items each with different
2594 * File items - are configurable and depend on the filetype of the current
2595 document; they capture output in the compiler tab and parse it for
2597 * Non-file items - are configurable and mostly don't depend on the filetype
2598 of the current document; they also capture output in the compiler tab and
2599 parse it for errors.
2600 * Execute items - are configurable and intended for executing your
2601 program or other long running programs. The output is not parsed for errors
2602 and is directed to the terminal selected in preferences.
2603 * Fixed items - these perform built-in actions:
2604 * Go to the next error.
2605 * Go to the previous error.
2606 * Show the build menu commands dialog.
2608 The maximum numbers of items in each of the configurable groups can be
2609 configured when Geany starts using hidden settings (see `Preferences File Format`_).
2610 Even though the maximum number of items may have been increased, only
2611 those menu items that have values configured are shown in the menu.
2613 The groups of menu items obtain their configuration from four potential
2614 sources. The highest priority source that has the menu item defined will
2615 be used. The sources in decreasing priority are:
2617 * A project file if open
2618 * The user preferences
2619 * The system filetype definitions
2622 The detailed relationships between sources and the configurable menu item groups
2623 is shown in the following table.
2625 +--------------+---------------------+--------------------------+-------------------+-------------------------------+
2626 | Group | Project File | Preferences | System Filetype | Defaults |
2627 +==============+=====================+==========================+===================+===============================+
2628 | Filetype | Loads From: project | Loads From: | Loads From: | None |
2629 | | file | filetype.xxx file in | filetype.xxx in | |
2630 | | | ~/.config/geany/filedefs | Geany install | |
2631 | | Saves To: project | | | |
2632 | | file | Saves to: as above, | Saves to: as user | |
2633 | | | creating if needed. | preferences left. | |
2634 +--------------+---------------------+--------------------------+-------------------+-------------------------------+
2635 | Non-Filetype | Loads From: project | Loads From: | Loads From: | 1: |
2636 | | file | geany.conf file in | filetype.xxx in | Label: _Make |
2637 | | | ~/.config/geany | Geany install | Command: make |
2638 | | Saves To: project | | | |
2639 | | file | Saves to: as above, | Saves to: as user | 2: |
2640 | | | creating if needed. | preferences left. | Label: Make Custom _Target |
2641 | | | | | Command: make |
2644 | | | | | Label: Make _Object |
2645 | | | | | Command: make %e.o |
2646 +--------------+---------------------+--------------------------+-------------------+-------------------------------+
2647 | Execute | Loads From: project | Loads From: | Loads From: | Label: _Execute Command: ./%e |
2648 | | file or else | geany.conf file in | filetype.xxx in | |
2649 | | filetype defined in | ~/.config/geany or else | Geany install | |
2650 | | project file | filetype.xxx file in | | |
2651 | | | ~/.config/geany/filedefs | Saves To: as user | |
2652 | | Saves To: | | preferences left | |
2653 | | project file | Saves To: | | |
2654 | | | filetype.xxx file in | | |
2655 | | | ~/.config/geany/filedefs | | |
2656 +--------------+---------------------+--------------------------+-------------------+-------------------------------+
2658 The following notes on the table reference cells by coordinate as (group,source):
2660 * General - for filetype.xxx substitute the filetype name of the
2661 current document for xxx.
2663 * System Filetypes - Labels loaded from these sources are locale sensitive
2664 and can contain translations.
2666 * (Filetype, Project File) and (Filetype, Preferences) - preferences use a full
2667 filetype file so that users can configure all other filetype preferences
2668 as well. Projects can only configure menu items per filetype. Saving
2669 in the project file means that there is only one file per project not
2672 * (Non-Filetype, System Filetype) - although conceptually strange, defining
2673 non-filetype commands in a filetype file, this provides the ability to
2674 define filetype dependent default menu items.
2676 * (Execute, Project File) and (Execute, Preferences) - the project filetype based execute
2677 configuration and preferences non-filetype based execute can only be set by hand editing the
2678 appropriate file, see `Preferences File Format`_ and `Project File Format`_.
2680 Build Menu Commands Dialog
2681 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2683 Most of the configuration of the build menu is done through the Build Menu
2684 Commands Dialog. You edit the configuration sourced from preferences in the
2685 dialog opened from the Build->Build Menu Commands item and you edit the
2686 configuration from the project in the build tab of the project preferences
2687 dialog. Both use the same form shown below.
2689 .. image:: ./images/build_menu_commands_dialog.png
2691 The dialog is divided into three sections:
2693 * Filetype menu items which will be selected based on the filetype of the
2694 currently open document.
2695 * Non-filetype menu items.
2696 * Execute menu items.
2698 The filetype and non-filetype sections also each contain a field for the regular
2699 expression used for parsing command output for error and warning messages.
2701 The columns in the first three sections allow setting of the label, command,
2702 and working directory to run the command in.
2704 An item with an empty label will not be shown in the menu.
2706 An empty working directory will default to the directory of the current document.
2707 If there is no current document then the command will not run.
2709 The dialog will always show the command selected by priority, not just the
2710 commands configured in this configuration source. This ensures that you always
2711 see what the menu item is going to do if activated.
2713 If the current source of the menu item is higher priority than the
2714 configuration source you are editing then the command will be shown
2715 in the dialog but will be insensitive (greyed out). This can't happen
2716 with the project source but can with the preferences source dialog.
2718 The clear buttons remove the definition from the configuration source you are editing.
2719 When you do this the command from the next lower priority source will be shown.
2720 To hide lower priority menu items without having anything show in the menu
2721 configure with a nothing in the label but at least one character in the command.
2723 Substitutions in Commands and Working Directories
2724 `````````````````````````````````````````````````
2726 The first occurance of each of the following character sequences in each of the
2727 command and working directory fields is substituted by the items specified below
2728 before the command is run.
2730 * %d - substituted by the absolute path to the directory of the current file.
2731 * %e - substituted by the name of the current file without the extension or path.
2732 * %f - substituted by the name of the current file without the path.
2733 * %p - if a project is open, substituted by the base path from the project.
2736 If the basepath set in the project preferences is not an absolute path , then it is
2737 taken as relative to the directory of the project file. This allows a project file
2738 stored in the source tree to specify all commands and working directories relative
2739 to the tree itself, so that the whole tree including the project file, can be moved
2740 and even checked into and out of version control without having to re-configure the
2743 Build Menu Keyboard Shortcuts
2744 `````````````````````````````
2746 Keyboard shortcuts can be defined for the first two filetype menu items, the first three
2747 non-filetype menu items, the first two execute menu items and the fixed menu items.
2748 In the keybindings configuration dialog (see `Keybinding preferences`_)
2749 these items are identified by the default labels shown in the `Build Menu`_ section above.
2751 It is currently not possible to bind keyboard shortcuts to more than these menu items.
2753 You can also use underlines in the labels to set mnemonic characters.
2758 The configurable Build Menu capability was introduced in Geany V0.19 and
2759 required a new section to be added to the configuration files (See
2760 `Preferences File Format`_). Geany will still load older format project,
2761 preferences and filetype file settings and will attempt to map them into the new
2762 configuration format. There is not a simple clean mapping between the formats.
2763 The mapping used produces the most sensible results for the majority of cases.
2764 However, if they do not map the way you want, you may have to manually
2765 configure some settings using the Build Commands
2766 Dialog or the Build tab of the project preferences dialog.
2768 Any setting configured in either of these dialogs will override settings mapped from
2769 older format configuration files.
2774 Since Geany 0.13 there has been printing support using GTK's printing API.
2775 The printed page(s) will look nearly the same as on your screen in Geany.
2776 Additionally, there are some options to modify the printed page(s).
2778 You can define whether to print line numbers, page numbers at the bottom of
2779 each page and whether to print a page header on each page. This header
2780 contains the filename of the printed document, the current page number and
2781 the date and time of printing. By default, the file name of the document
2782 with full path information is added to the header. If you prefer to add
2783 only the basename of the file(without any path information) you can set it
2784 in the preferences dialog. You can also adjust the format of the date and
2785 time added to the page header. The available conversion specifiers are the
2786 same as the ones which can be used with the ANSI C strftime function.
2788 All of these settings can also be changed in the print dialog just before
2789 actual printing is done.
2790 On Unix-like systems the provided print dialog offers a print preview. The
2791 preview file is opened with a PDF viewer and by default GTK uses ``evince``
2792 for print preview. If you have not installed evince or just want to use
2793 another PDF viewer, you can change the program to use in the file
2794 ``.gtkrc-2.0`` (usually found in your home directory). Simply add a line
2797 gtk-print-preview-command = "epdfview %f"
2799 at the end of the file. Of course, you can also use xpdf, kpdf or whatever
2800 as the print preview command.
2802 Unfortunately, native GTK printing support is only available if Geany was
2803 built against GTK 2.10 (or above) **and** is running with GTK 2.10 (or above).
2804 If not, Geany provides basic printing support. This means you can print a
2805 file by passing the filename of the current file to a command which
2806 actually prints the file. However, the printed document contains no syntax
2807 highlighting. You can adjust the command to which the filename is
2808 passed in the preferences dialog. The default command is::
2812 ``%f`` will be substituted by the filename of the current file. Geany
2813 will not show errors from the command itself, so you should make
2814 sure that it works before(e.g. by trying to execute it from the
2817 A nicer example, which many prefer is::
2819 % a2ps -1 --medium=A4 -o - %f | xfprint4
2821 But this depends on a2ps and xfprint4. As a replacement for xfprint4,
2822 gtklp or similar programs can be used.
2829 Plugins are loaded at startup, if the *Enable plugin support*
2830 general preference is set. There is also a command-line option,
2831 ``-p``, which prevents plugins being loaded. Plugins are scanned in
2832 the following directories:
2834 * ``$prefix/lib/geany`` (see `Installation prefix`_)
2835 * ``~/.config/geany/plugins``
2837 Most plugins add menu items to the *Tools* menu when they are loaded.
2839 Since Geany 0.13, there is a Plugin Manager to let you choose which plugins
2840 should be loaded at startup. You can also load and unload plugins on the
2841 fly using this dialog. Once you click the checkbox for a specific plugin
2842 in the dialog, it is loaded or unloaded according to its previous state.
2843 By default, no plugins are loaded at startup until you select some.
2844 You can also configure some plugin specific options when the plugin
2847 See also `Plugin documentation`_ for information about single plugins
2848 which are included in Geany.
2854 Geany supports the default keyboard shortcuts for the Scintilla
2855 editing widget. For a list of these commands, see `Scintilla
2856 keyboard commands`_. The Scintilla keyboard shortcuts will be overridden
2857 by any custom keybindings with the same keyboard shortcut.
2863 There are a few non-configurable bindings to switch between documents,
2864 listed below. These can also be overridden by custom keybindings.
2866 =============== ==================================
2868 =============== ==================================
2869 Alt-[1-9] Select left-most tab, from 1 to 9.
2870 Alt-0 Select right-most tab.
2871 Ctrl-Shift-PgUp Select left-most tab.
2872 Ctrl-Shift-PgDn Select right-most tab.
2873 =============== ==================================
2876 Configurable keybindings
2877 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2879 For all actions listed below you can define your own keybindings. Open
2880 the Preferences dialog, select the desired action and click on
2881 change. In the resulting dialog you can press the key combination you
2882 want to assign to the action and it will be saved when you press OK.
2883 You can define only one key combination for each action and each key
2884 combination can only be defined for one action.
2886 Some of the default key combinations are common across many
2887 applications, for example *Ctrl-N* for New and *Ctrl-O* for Open.
2888 Because they are so common it is not advisable to change these, but
2889 you can add other key combinations for these actions. For example
2890 *Ctrl-O* is set to execute menu_open by default, but you can also
2891 define *Alt-O*, so that the file open dialog is shown by pressing
2892 either *Ctrl-O* or *Alt-O*.
2894 The following tables list all customizable keyboard shortcuts, those
2895 which are common to many applications are marked with (C) after the
2900 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
2901 Action Default shortcut Description
2902 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
2903 New Ctrl-N (C) Creates a new file.
2905 Open Ctrl-O (C) Opens a file.
2907 Open selected file Ctrl-Shift-O Opens the selected filename.
2909 Re-open last closed tab Re-opens the last closed document tab.
2911 Save Ctrl-S (C) Saves the current file.
2913 Save As Saves the current file under a new name.
2915 Save all Ctrl-Shift-S Saves all open files.
2917 Close all Ctrl-Shift-W Closes all open files.
2919 Close Ctrl-W (C) Closes the current file.
2921 Reload file Ctrl-R (C) Reloads the current file. All unsaved changes
2924 Print Ctrl-P (C) Prints the current file.
2925 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
2930 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
2931 Action Default shortcut Description
2932 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
2933 Undo Ctrl-Z (C) Un-does the last action.
2935 Redo Ctrl-Y Re-does the last action.
2937 Delete current line(s) Ctrl-K Deletes the current line (and any lines with a
2940 Delete to line end Ctrl-Shift-Delete Deletes from the current caret position to the
2941 end of the current line.
2943 Duplicate line or selection Ctrl-D Duplicates the current line or selection.
2945 Transpose current line Ctrl-T Transposes the current line with the previous one.
2947 Scroll to current line Ctrl-Shift-L Scrolls the current line into the centre of the
2948 view. The cursor position and or an existing
2949 selection will not be changed.
2951 Scroll up by one line Alt-Up Scrolls the view.
2953 Scroll down by one line Alt-Down Scrolls the view.
2955 Complete word Ctrl-Space Shows the autocompletion list. If already showing
2956 tag completion, it shows document word completion
2957 instead, even if it is not enabled for automatic
2958 completion. Likewise if no tag suggestions are
2959 available, it shows document word completion.
2961 Show calltip Ctrl-Shift-Space Shows a calltip for the current function or
2964 Show macro list Ctrl-Return Shows a list of available macros and variables in
2967 Complete snippet Tab If you type a construct like if or for and press
2968 this key, it will be completed with a matching
2971 Suppress snippet completion If you type a construct like if or for and press
2972 this key, it will not be completed, and a space or
2973 tab will be inserted, depending on what the
2974 construct completion keybinding is set to. For
2975 example, if you have set the construct completion
2976 keybinding to space, then setting this to
2977 Shift+space will prevent construct completion and
2980 Context Action Executes a command and passes the current word
2981 (near the cursor position) or selection as an
2982 argument. See the section called `Context
2985 Move cursor in snippet Jumps to the next defined cursor positions in a
2986 completed snippets if multiple cursor positions
2989 Word part completion Tab When the autocompletion list is visible, complete
2990 the currently selected item up to the next word
2993 Move line(s) up Move the current line or selected lines up by
2996 Move line(s) down Move the current line or selected lines down by
2998 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3001 Clipboard keybindings
3002 `````````````````````
3003 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3004 Action Default shortcut Description
3005 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3006 Cut Ctrl-X (C) Cut the current selection to the clipboard.
3008 Copy Ctrl-C (C) Copy the current selection to the clipboard.
3010 Paste Ctrl-V (C) Paste the clipboard text into the current document.
3012 Cut current line(s) Ctrl-Shift-X Cuts the current line (and any lines with a
3013 selection) to the clipboard.
3015 Copy current line(s) Ctrl-Shift-C Copies the current line (and any lines with a
3016 selection) to the clipboard.
3017 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3022 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3023 Action Default shortcut Description
3024 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3025 Select all Ctrl-A (C) Makes a selection of all text in the current
3028 Select current word Alt-Shift-W Selects the current word under the cursor.
3030 Select current paragraph Alt-Shift-P Selects the current paragraph under the cursor
3031 which is defined by two empty lines around it.
3033 Select current line(s) Alt-Shift-L Selects the current line under the cursor (and any
3034 partially selected lines).
3036 Select to previous word part (Extend) selection to previous word part boundary.
3038 Select to next word part (Extend) selection to next word part boundary.
3039 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3044 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3045 Action Default shortcut Description
3046 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3047 Insert date Shift-Alt-D Inserts a customisable date.
3049 Insert alternative whitespace Inserts a tab character when spaces should
3050 be used for indentation and inserts space
3051 characters of the amount of a tab width when
3052 tabs should be used for indentation.
3053 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3058 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3059 Action Default shortcut Description
3060 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3061 Toggle case of selection Ctrl-Alt-U Changes the case of the selection. A lowercase
3062 selection will be changed into uppercase and vice
3063 versa. If the selection contains lower- and
3064 uppercase characters, all will be converted to
3067 Comment line Comments current line or selection.
3069 Uncomment line Uncomments current line or selection.
3071 Toggle line commentation Ctrl-E Comments a line if it is not commented or removes
3072 a comment if the line is commented.
3074 Increase indent Ctrl-I Indents the current line or selection by one tab
3075 or by spaces in the amount of the tab width
3078 Decrease indent Ctrl-U Removes one tab or the amount of spaces of
3079 the tab width setting from the indentation of the
3080 current line or selection.
3082 Increase indent by one space Indents the current line or selection by one
3085 Decrease indent by one space Deindents the current line or selection by one
3088 Smart line indent Indents the current line or all selected lines
3089 with the same indentation as the previous line.
3091 Send to Custom Command 1 (2,3) Ctrl-1 (2,3) Passes the current selection to a configured
3092 external command (available for the first
3093 three configured commands, see
3094 `Sending text through custom commands`_ for
3097 Send Selection to Terminal Sends the current selection or the current
3098 line (if there is no selection) to the
3099 embedded Terminal (VTE).
3101 Reflow lines/block Reformat selected lines or current
3102 (indented) text block,
3103 breaking lines at the long line marker or the
3104 line breaking column if line breaking is
3105 enabled for the current document.
3106 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3109 Settings keybindings
3110 ````````````````````
3111 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3112 Action Default shortcut Description
3113 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3114 Preferences Ctrl-Alt-P Opens preferences dialog.
3116 Plugin Preferences Opens plugin preferences dialog.
3117 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3122 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3123 Action Default shortcut Description
3124 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3125 Find Ctrl-F (C) Opens the Find dialog.
3127 Find Next Ctrl-G Finds next result.
3129 Find Previous Ctrl-Shift-G Finds previous result.
3131 Replace Ctrl-H (C) Opens the Replace dialog.
3133 Find in files Ctrl-Shift-F Opens the Find in files dialog.
3135 Next message Jumps to the line with the next message in
3136 the Messages window.
3138 Previous message Jumps to the line with the previous message
3139 in the Messages window.
3141 Find Usage Finds all occurrences of the current word (near
3142 the keyboard cursor) or selection in all open
3143 documents and displays them in the messages
3146 Find Document Usage Finds all occurrences of the current word (near
3147 the keyboard cursor) or selection in the current
3148 document and displays them in the messages
3151 Mark All Ctrl-Shift-M Highlight all matches of the current
3152 word/selection in the current document
3153 with a colored box. If there's nothing to
3154 find, highlighted matches will be cleared.
3155 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3160 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3161 Action Default shortcut Description
3162 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3163 Navigate forward a location Switches to the next location in the navigation
3164 history. See the section called `Code Navigation
3167 Navigate back a location Switches to the previous location in the
3168 navigation history. See the section called
3169 `Code navigation history`_.
3171 Go to line Ctrl-L Focuses the Go to Line entry (if visible) or
3172 shows the Go to line dialog.
3174 Goto matching brace Ctrl-B If the cursor is ahead or behind a brace, then it
3175 is moved to the brace which belongs to the current
3176 one. If this keyboard shortcut is pressed again,
3177 the cursor is moved back to the first brace.
3179 Toggle marker Ctrl-M Set a marker on the current line, or clear the
3180 marker if there already is one.
3182 Goto next marker Ctrl-. Goto the next marker in the current document.
3184 Goto previous marker Ctrl-, Goto the previous marker in the current document.
3186 Go to tag definition Jump to the definition of the current word (near
3187 the keyboard cursor). If the definition cannot be
3188 found (e.g. the relevant file is not open) Geany
3189 will beep and do nothing. See the section called
3190 `Go to tag definition`_.
3192 Go to tag declaration Jump to the declaration of the current word (near
3193 the keyboard cursor). If the declaration cannot be
3194 found (e.g. the relevant file is not open) Geany
3195 will beep and do nothing. See the section called
3196 `Go to tag declaration`_.
3198 Go to Start of Line Home Move the caret to the end of the line indentation
3199 unless it is already there, in which case it moves
3200 it to the start of the line.
3202 Go to End of Line End Move the caret to the end of the line.
3204 Go to End of Display Line Alt-End Move the caret to the end of the display line.
3205 This is useful when you use line wrapping and
3206 want to jump to the end of the wrapped, virtual
3207 line, not the real end of the whole line.
3208 If the line is not wrapped, it behaves like
3209 `Go to End of Line`, see above.
3211 Go to Previous Word Part Ctrl-/ Goto the previous part of the current word.
3213 Go to Next Word Part Ctrl-\ Goto the next part of the current word.
3214 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3218 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3219 Action Default shortcut Description
3220 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3221 Fullscreen F11 (C) Switches to fullscreen mode.
3223 Toggle Messages Window Toggles the message window (status and compiler
3224 messages) on and off.
3226 Toggle Sidebar Shows or hides the sidebar.
3228 Toggle all additional widgets Hide and show all additional widgets like the
3229 notebook tabs, the toolbar, the messages window
3232 Zoom In Ctrl-+ (C) Zooms in the text.
3234 Zoom Out Ctrl-- (C) Zooms out the text.
3236 Zoom Reset Ctrl-0 Reset any previous zoom on the text.
3237 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3241 ================================ ========================= ==================================================
3242 Action Default shortcut Description
3243 ================================ ========================= ==================================================
3244 Switch to Editor F2 Switches to editor widget.
3245 Also reshows the document statistics line
3246 (after a short timeout).
3248 Switch to Scribble F6 Switches to scribble widget.
3250 Switch to VTE F4 Switches to VTE widget.
3252 Switch to Search Bar F7 Switches to the search bar in the toolbar (if
3255 Switch to Sidebar Focus the Sidebar.
3257 Switch to Compiler Focus the Compiler message window tab.
3259 Switch to Messages Focus the Messages message window tab.
3261 Switch to Message Window Focus the Message Window's current tab.
3263 Switch to Sidebar Document List Focus the Document list tab in the Sidebar
3266 Switch to Sidebar Symbol List Focus the Symbol list tab in the Sidebar
3268 ================================ ========================= ==================================================
3271 Notebook tab keybindings
3272 ````````````````````````
3273 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3274 Action Default shortcut Description
3275 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3276 Switch to left document Ctrl-PageUp (C) Switches to the previous open document.
3278 Switch to right document Ctrl-PageDown (C) Switches to the next open document.
3280 Switch to last used document Ctrl-Tab Switches to the previously shown document (if it's
3282 Holding Ctrl (or another modifier if the keybinding
3283 has been changed) will show a dialog, then repeated
3284 presses of the keybinding will switch to the 2nd-last
3285 used document, 3rd-last, etc. Also known as
3286 Most-Recently-Used documents switching.
3288 Move document left Alt-PageUp Changes the current document with the left hand
3291 Move document right Alt-PageDown Changes the current document with the right hand
3294 Move document first Moves the current document to the first position.
3296 Move document last Moves the current document to the last position.
3297 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3300 Document keybindings
3301 ````````````````````
3302 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3303 Action Default shortcut Description
3304 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3305 Replace tabs by space Replaces all tabs with the right amount of spaces.
3307 Replace spaces by tabs Replaces all spaces with tab characters.
3309 Toggle current fold Toggles the folding state of the current code block.
3311 Fold all Folds all contractible code blocks.
3313 Unfold all Unfolds all contracted code blocks.
3315 Reload symbol list Ctrl-Shift-R Reloads the tag/symbol list.
3317 Toggle Line wrapping Enables or disables wrapping of long lines.
3319 Toggle Line breaking Enables or disables automatic breaking of long
3320 lines at a configurable column.
3322 Remove Markers Remove any markers on lines or words which
3323 were set by using 'Mark All' in the
3324 search dialog or by manually marking lines.
3326 Remove Error Indicators Remove any error indicators in the
3328 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3333 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3334 Action Default shortcut Description
3335 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3336 Compile F8 Compiles the current file.
3338 Build F9 Builds (compiles if necessary and links) the
3341 Make all Shift-F9 Builds the current file with the Make tool.
3343 Make custom target Ctrl-Shift-F9 Builds the current file with the Make tool and a
3346 Make object Compiles the current file with the Make tool.
3348 Next error Jumps to the line with the next error from the
3351 Previous error Jumps to the line with the previous error from
3352 the last build process.
3354 Run F5 Executes the current file in a terminal emulation.
3356 Set Build Commands Opens the build commands dialog.
3357 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3362 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3363 Action Default shortcut Description
3364 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3365 Show Color Chooser Opens the Color Chooser dialog.
3366 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3371 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3372 Action Default shortcut Description
3373 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3374 Help F1 (C) Opens the manual.
3375 =============================== ========================= ==================================================
3383 You must use UTF-8 encoding *without BOM* for configuration files.
3388 There's a *Configuration files* submenu in the *Tools* menu that
3389 contains items for some of the available user configuration files.
3390 Clicking on one opens it in the editor for you to update. Geany will
3391 reload the file after you have saved it.
3394 Other configuration files not shown here will need to be opened
3395 manually, and will not be automatically reloaded when saved.
3396 (see *Reload Configuration* below).
3398 There's also a *Reload Configuration* item which can be used if you
3399 updated one of the other configuration files, or modified or added
3402 *Reload Configuration* is also necessary to update syntax highlighting colors.
3405 Syntax highlighting colors aren't updated in open documents after
3406 saving filetypes.common as this can possibly take a significant
3410 Global configuration file
3411 -------------------------
3413 There is a global configuration file for Geany which will be used for
3414 any settings not defined in the users local configuration file.
3415 Settings present in the local configuration file override those in the global
3418 The global configuration file is read from
3419 ``$prefix/share/geany/geany.conf`` (where ``$prefix`` is the path where
3420 Geany is installed, see `Installation prefix`_) when starting Geany and
3421 an user configuration file does not exist. It can contain any settings
3422 which are found in the usual configuration file created by Geany but
3423 does not have to contain all settings.
3426 This feature is mainly intended for package maintainers or system
3427 admins who want to set up Geany in a multi user environment and
3428 set some sane default values for this environment. Usually users won't
3433 Filetype definition files
3434 -------------------------
3436 All color definitions and other filetype specific settings are
3437 stored in the filetype definition files. Those settings are colors
3438 for syntax highlighting, general settings like comment characters or
3439 word delimiter characters as well as compiler and linker settings.
3443 At startup Geany looks for ``filetypes.*.conf`` files in the system and
3444 user filetype paths, adding any filetypes found with the name matching
3445 the '``*``' wildcard.
3447 Custom filetypes are not as powerful as built-in filetypes, but the following
3448 have been implemented:
3450 * Recognizing and setting the filetype (after the user has manually edited
3451 ``filetype_extensions.conf``).
3452 * Filetype settings in the [settings] section (see `Format`_).
3453 * Using existing tag parsing (``tag_parser`` key).
3454 * Using existing syntax highlighting (``lexer_filetype`` key).
3456 * Loading global tags files (namespace will be shared with tag_parser
3461 The system-wide configuration files can be found in
3462 ``$prefix/share/geany`` and are called ``filetypes.$ext``,
3463 where ``$prefix`` is the path where Geany is installed (see
3464 `Installation prefix`_) and $ext is the name of the filetype. For every
3465 filetype there is a corresponding definition file. There is one
3466 exception: ``filetypes.common`` -- this file is for general settings,
3467 which are not specific to a certain filetype.
3470 It is not recommended that users edit the system-wide files,
3471 because they will be overridden when Geany is updated.
3475 To change the settings, copy a file from ``$prefix/share/geany`` to
3476 the subdirectory filedefs in your configuration directory (usually
3477 ``~/.config/geany/``).
3481 % cp /usr/local/share/geany/filetypes.c /home/username/.config/geany/filedefs/
3483 Then you can edit the file and the changes are also
3484 available after an update of Geany because they reside in your
3485 configuration directory. Alternatively, you can create a file
3486 ``~/.config/geany/filedefs/filetypes.X`` and add only these settings you want
3487 to change. All missing settings will be read from the corresponding
3488 global definition file in ``$prefix/share/geany``.
3490 As well as the sections listed below, each filetype file can contain
3491 a [build-menu] section as described in `[build-menu] Section`_.
3500 In this section the colors for syntax highlighting are defined. The
3503 * ``key=foreground_color;background_color;bold_flag;italic_flag``
3505 Colors have to be specified as RGB hex values prefixed by
3506 0x. For example red is 0xff0000, blue is 0x0000ff. The values are
3507 case-insensitive, but it is a good idea to use small letters. Bold
3508 and italic are flags and should only be "true" or "false". If their
3509 value is something other than "true" or "false", "false" is assumed.
3511 You can omit fields to use the values from the style named ``"default"``.
3513 E.g. ``key=0xff0000;;true``
3515 This makes the key style have red foreground text, default background
3516 color text and bold emphasis.
3520 The second format uses a *named style* name to reference a style
3521 defined in filetypes.common.
3523 * ``key=named_style``
3524 * ``key2=named_style2,bold,italic``
3526 The bold and italic parts are optional, and if present are used to
3527 toggle the bold or italic flags to the opposite of the named style's
3528 flags. In contrast to style definition booleans, they are a literal
3529 ",bold,italic" and commas are used instead of semi-colons.
3531 E.g. ``key=comment,italic``
3533 This makes the key style match the ``"comment"`` named style, but with
3536 To define named styles, see the filetypes.common `[named_styles]
3543 This section contains keys for different keyword lists specific to
3544 the filetype. Some filetypes do not support keywords, so adding a
3545 new key will not work. You can only add or remove keywords to/from
3549 The keywords list must be in one line without line ending characters.
3552 [lexer_properties] Section
3553 ``````````````````````````
3554 Here any special properties for the Scintilla lexer can be set in the
3555 format ``key.name.field=some.value``.
3562 This is the default file extension used when saving files, not
3563 including the period character (``.``). The extension used should
3564 match one of the patterns associated with that filetype (see
3565 `Filetype extensions`_).
3567 *Example:* ``extension=cxx``
3570 These characters define word boundaries when making selections
3571 and searching using word matching options.
3573 *Example:* (look at system filetypes.\* files)
3576 A character or string which is used to comment code. If you want to
3577 use multiline comments, also set comment_close, otherwise leave it
3580 *Example:* ``comment_open=/*``
3583 If multiline comments are used, this is the character or string to
3586 *Example:* ``comment_close=*/``
3589 Set this to false if a comment character or string should start at
3590 column 0 of a line. If set to true it uses any indentation of the
3593 Note: Comment indentation
3595 ``comment_use_indent=true`` would generate this if a line is
3596 commented (e.g. with Ctrl-D)::
3600 ``comment_use_indent=false`` would generate this if a line is
3601 commented (e.g. with Ctrl-D)::
3603 # command_example();
3606 Note: This setting only works for single line comments (like '//',
3609 *Example:* ``comment_use_indent=true``
3612 A command which can be executed on the current word or the current
3615 Example usage: Open the API documentation for the
3616 current function call at the cursor position.
3619 be set for every filetype or if not set, a global command will
3620 be used. The command itself can be specified without the full
3621 path, then it is searched in $PATH. But for security reasons,
3622 it is recommended to specify the full path to the command. The
3623 wildcard %s will be replaced by the current word at the cursor
3624 position or by the current selection.
3626 Hint: for PHP files the following could be quite useful:
3627 context_action_cmd=firefox "http://www.php.net/%s"
3629 *Example:* ``context_action_cmd=devhelp -s "%s"``
3632 The TagManager language name, e.g. "C".
3635 A filetype name to setup syntax highlighting from another filetype.
3636 This must not be recursive, i.e. it should be a filetype name that
3637 doesn't use the lexer_filetype key itself.
3640 [build_settings] Section
3641 ````````````````````````
3643 As of Geany v0.19 this section is supplemented by the `[build-menu] Section`_.
3644 Values that are set in the [build-menu] section will override those in this section.
3647 This is a GNU-style extended regular expression to parse a filename
3648 and line number from build output. If undefined, Geany will fall
3649 back to its default error message parsing.
3651 Only the first two matches will be read by Geany. Geany will look for
3652 a match that is purely digits, and use this for the line number. The
3653 remaining match will be used as the filename.
3655 *Example:* ``error_regex=(.+):([0-9]+):[0-9]+``
3657 This will parse a message such as:
3658 ``test.py:7:24: E202 whitespace before ']'``
3662 If any build menu item settings have been configured in the Build Menu Commands
3663 dialog or the Build tab of the project preferences dialog then these
3664 settings are stored in the [build-menu] section and override the settings in
3665 this section for that item.
3668 This item specifies the command to compile source code files. But
3669 it is also possible to use it with interpreted languages like Perl
3670 or Python. With these filetypes you can use this option as a kind of
3671 syntax parser, which sends output to the compiler message window.
3673 You should quote the filename to also support filenames with
3674 spaces. The following wildcards for filenames are available:
3676 * %f -- complete filename without path
3677 * %e -- filename without path and without extension
3679 *Example:* ``compiler=gcc -Wall -c "%f"``
3682 This item specifies the command to link the file. If the file is not
3683 already compiled, it will be compiled while linking. The -o option
3684 is automatically added by Geany. This item works well with GNU gcc,
3685 but may be problematic with other compilers (esp. with the linker).
3687 *Example:* ``linker=gcc -Wall "%f"``
3690 Use this item to execute your file. It has to have been built
3691 already. Use the %e wildcard to have only the name of the executable
3692 (i.e. without extension) or use the %f wildcard if you need the
3693 complete filename, e.g. for shell scripts.
3695 *Example:* ``run_cmd="./%e"``
3698 Special file filetypes.common
3699 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
3701 There is a special filetype definition file called
3702 filetypes.common. This file defines some general non-filetype-specific
3705 See the `Format`_ section for how to define styles.
3708 [named_styles] Section
3709 ``````````````````````
3710 Named styles declared here can be used in the [styling] section of any
3715 *In filetypes.common*::
3718 foo=0xc00000;0xffffff;false;true
3726 This saves copying and pasting the whole style definition into several
3730 You can define aliases for named styles, as shown with the ``bar``
3731 entry in the above example, but they must be declared after the
3738 This is the default style. It is used for styling files without a
3741 *Example:* ``default=0x000000;0xffffff;false;false``
3744 The style for coloring selected text. The format is:
3748 * Use foreground color
3749 * Use background color
3751 The colors are only set if the 3rd or 4th argument is true. When
3752 the colors are not overridden, the default is a dark grey
3753 background with syntax highlighted foreground text.
3755 *Example:* ``selection=0xc0c0c0;0x00007F;true;true``
3758 The style for brace highlighting when a matching brace was found.
3760 *Example:* ``brace_good=0xff0000;0xFFFFFF;true;false``
3763 The style for brace highlighting when no matching brace was found.
3765 *Example:* ``brace_bad=0x0000ff;0xFFFFFF;true;false``
3768 The style for coloring the caret(the blinking cursor). Only first
3769 and third argument is interpreted.
3770 Set the third argument to true to change the caret into a block caret.
3772 *Example:* ``caret=0x000000;0x0;false;false``
3775 The width for the caret(the blinking cursor). Only the first
3776 argument is interpreted. The width is specified in pixels with
3777 a maximum of three pixel. Use the width 0 to make the caret
3780 *Example:* ``caret=1;0;false;false``
3783 The style for coloring the background of the current line. Only
3784 the second and third arguments are interpreted. The second argument
3785 is the background color. Use the third argument to enable or
3786 disable background highlighting for the current line (has to be
3789 *Example:* ``current_line=0x0;0xe5e5e5;true;false``
3792 The style for coloring the indentation guides. Only the first and
3793 second arguments are interpreted.
3795 *Example:* ``indent_guide=0xc0c0c0;0xffffff;false;false``
3798 The style for coloring the white space if it is shown. The first
3799 both arguments define the foreground and background colors, the
3800 third argument sets whether to use the defined foreground color
3801 or to use the color defined by each filetype for the white space.
3802 The fourth argument defines whether to use the background color.
3804 *Example:* ``white_space=0xc0c0c0;0xffffff;true;true``
3806 .. _Folding Settings:
3809 The style of folding icons. Only first and second arguments are
3812 Valid values for the first argument are:
3819 Valid values for the second argument are:
3822 * 1 -- for straight lines
3823 * 2 -- for curved lines
3825 *Default:* ``folding_style=1;1;``
3827 *Arrows:* ``folding_style=3;0;``
3830 Draw a thin horizontal line at the line where text is folded. Only
3831 first argument is used.
3833 Valid values for the first argument are:
3835 * 0 -- disable, do not draw a line
3836 * 1 -- draw the line above folded text
3837 * 2 -- draw the line below folded text
3839 *Example:* ``folding_horiz_line=0;0;false;false``
3842 First argument: drawing of visual flags to indicate a line is wrapped.
3843 This is a bitmask of the values:
3845 * 0 -- No visual flags
3846 * 1 -- Visual flag at end of subline of a wrapped line
3847 * 2 -- Visual flag at begin of subline of a wrapped line. Subline is
3848 indented by at least 1 to make room for the flag.
3850 Second argument: wether the visual flags to indicate a line is wrapped
3851 are drawn near the border or near the text. This is a bitmask of the values:
3853 * 0 -- Visual flags drawn near border
3854 * 1 -- Visual flag at end of subline drawn near text
3855 * 2 -- Visual flag at begin of subline drawn near text
3857 Only first and second argument is interpreted.
3859 *Example:* ``line_wrap_visuals=3;0;false;false``
3862 First argument: sets the size of indentation of sublines for wrapped lines
3863 in terms of the width of a space, only used when the second argument is ``0``.
3865 Second argument: wrapped sublines can be indented to the position of their
3866 first subline or one more indent level. Possible values:
3868 * 0 - Wrapped sublines aligned to left of window plus amount set by the first argument
3869 * 1 - Wrapped sublines are aligned to first subline indent (use the same indentation)
3870 * 2 - Wrapped sublines are aligned to first subline indent plus one more level of indentation
3872 Only first and second argument is interpreted.
3874 *Example:* ``line_wrap_indent=0;1;false;false``
3877 Translucency for the current line (first argument) and the selection
3878 (second argument). Values between 0 and 256 are accepted.
3880 Note for Windows 95, 98 and ME users:
3881 keep this value at 256 to disable translucency otherwise Geany might crash.
3883 Only the first and second argument is interpreted.
3885 *Example:* ``translucency=256;256;false;false``
3888 The style for a highlighted line (e.g when using Goto line or goto tag).
3889 The foreground color (first argument) is only used when the Markers margin
3890 is enabled (see View menu).
3892 Only the first and second argument is interpreted.
3894 *Example:* ``marker_line=0x000000;0xffff00;false;false``
3897 The style for a marked search results (when using "Mark" in Search dialogs).
3898 The second argument sets the background colour for the drawn rectangle.
3900 Only the second argument is interpreted.
3902 *Example:* ``marker_search=0x000000;0xb8f4b8;false;false``
3905 The style for a marked line (e.g when using the "Toggle Marker" keybinding
3906 (Ctrl-M)). The foreground color (first argument) is only used
3907 when the Markers margin is enabled (see View menu).
3909 Only the first and second argument is interpreted.
3911 *Example:* ``marker_mark=0x000000;0xb8f4b8;false;false``
3914 Translucency for the line marker (first argument) and the search marker
3915 (second argument). Values between 0 and 256 are accepted.
3917 Note for Windows 95, 98 and ME users:
3918 keep this value at 256 to disable translucency otherwise Geany might crash.
3920 Only the first and second argument is interpreted.
3922 *Example:* ``marker_translucency=256;256;false;false``
3925 Amount of space to be drawn above and below the line's baseline.
3926 The first argument defines the amount of space to be drawn above the line, the second
3927 argument defines the amount of space to be drawn below.
3929 Only the first and second argument is interpreted.
3931 *Example:* ``line_height=0;0;false;false``
3934 The style for coloring the calltips. The first two arguments
3935 define the foreground and background colors, the third and fourth
3936 arguments set whether to use the defined colors.
3938 *Example:* ``calltips=0xc0c0c0;0xffffff;false;false``
3944 Characters to treat as whitespace. These characters are ignored
3945 when moving, selecting and deleting across word boundaries
3946 (see `Scintilla keyboard commands`_).
3948 This should include space (\\s) and tab (\\t).
3950 *Example:* ``whitespace_chars=\s\t!\"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\\]^`{|}~``
3957 To change the default filetype extension used when saving a new file,
3958 see `Filetype definition files`_.
3960 You can override the list of file extensions that Geany uses for each
3961 filetype using the ``filetype_extensions.conf`` file.
3963 To override the system-wide configuration file, copy it from
3964 ``$prefix/share/geany`` to your configuration directory, usually
3965 ``~/.config/geany/``. ``$prefix`` is the path where Geany is installed
3966 (see `Installation prefix`_).
3970 % cp /usr/local/share/geany/filetype_extensions.conf /home/username/.config/geany/
3972 Then edit it and remove all the lines for filetype extensions that
3973 you do not want to override. The remaining lines can be edited after
3974 the ``=`` sign, using a semi-colon separated list of patterns which
3975 should be matched for that filetype.
3977 For example, to set the filetype extensions for Make, the
3978 ``/home/username/.config/geany/filetype_extensions.conf`` file should
3982 Make=Makefile*;*.mk;Buildfile;
3984 Preferences File Format
3985 -----------------------
3987 The preferences file ``~/.config/geany/geany.conf`` holds settings for all the items configured
3988 in the preferences dialog. This file should not be edited while Geany is running
3989 as the file will be overwritten when the preferences in Geany are changed or Geany
3996 There are some rarely used preferences that are not shown in the Preferences
3997 dialog. These can be set by editing the preferences file, then
3998 selecting *Tools->Reload Configuration* or restarting Geany. Search for the
3999 key name, then edit the value. Example:
4001 ``brace_match_ltgt=true``
4003 The table below show the key names of hidden preferences in the
4006 ================================ =========================================== ==================
4007 Key Description Default
4008 ================================ =========================================== ==================
4010 brace_match_ltgt Whether to highlight <, > angle brackets. false
4011 show_editor_scrollbars Whether to display scrollbars. If set to true
4012 false, the horizontal and vertical
4013 scrollbars are hidden completely.
4014 use_gtk_word_boundaries Whether to look for the end of a word when true
4015 using word-boundary related Scintilla
4016 commands (see `Scintilla keyboard
4018 complete_snippets_whilst_editing Whether to allow completion of snippets false
4019 when editing an existing line (i.e. there
4020 is some text after the current cursor
4021 position on the line). Only used when the
4022 keybinding ``Complete snippet`` is set to
4024 **Interface related**
4025 show_symbol_list_expanders Whether to show or hide the small expander true
4026 icons on the symbol list treeview (only
4027 available with GTK 2.12 or above).
4028 allow_always_save Whether files can be saved always, even if false
4029 they don't have any changes. By default,
4030 the Save buttons and menu items are
4031 disabled when a file is unchanged. When
4032 setting this option to true, the Save
4033 buttons and menu items are always active
4034 and files can be saved.
4035 compiler_tab_autoscroll Whether to automatically scroll to the true
4036 last line of the output in the Compiler
4039 emulation Terminal emulation mode. Only change this xterm
4040 if you have VTE termcap files other than
4041 ``vte/termcap/xterm``.
4042 send_selection_unsafe By default, Geany strips any trailing false
4043 newline characters from the current
4044 selection before sending it to the terminal
4045 to not execute arbitrary code. This is
4046 mainly a security feature.
4047 If, for whatever reasons, you really want
4048 it to be executed directly, set this option
4051 use_safe_file_saving Defines the mode how Geany saves files to false
4052 disk. If disabled, Geany directly writes
4053 the content of the document to disk. This
4054 might cause in loss of data when there is
4055 no more free space on disk to save the
4056 file. When set to true, Geany first saves
4057 the contents into a temporary file and if
4058 this succeeded, the temporary file is
4059 moved to the real file to save.
4060 This gives better error checking in case of
4061 no more free disk space. But it also
4062 destroys hard links of the original file
4063 and its permissions (e.g. executable flags
4064 are reset). Use this with care as it can
4065 break things seriously.
4066 The better approach would be to ensure your
4067 disk won't run out of free space.
4068 **Build Menu related**
4069 number_ft_menu_items The maximum number of menu items in the 2
4070 filetype section of the Build menu.
4071 number_non_ft_menu_items The maximum number of menu items in the 3
4072 non-filetype section of the Build menu.
4073 number_exec_menu_items The maximum number of menu items in the 2
4074 execute section of the Build menu.
4075 ================================ =========================================== ==================
4077 [build-menu] Section
4078 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
4080 The [build-menu] section contains the configuration of the build menu.
4081 This section can occur in filetype, preferences and project files and
4082 always has the format described here. Different menu items are loaded
4083 from different files, see the table in the `Build Menu Configuration`_
4084 section for details. All the settings can be configured from the dialogs
4085 except the execute command in filetype files and filetype definitions in
4086 the project file, so these are the only ones which need hand editing.
4088 The build-menu section stores one entry for each setting for each menu item that
4089 is configured. The keys for these settings have the format:
4095 * GG - is the menu item group,
4098 - NF for non-filetype
4101 * NN - is a two decimal digit number of the item within the group,
4103 * FF - is the field,
4107 - WD for working directory
4113 The project file contains project related settings and possibly a
4114 record of the current session files.
4117 [build-menu] Additions
4118 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
4120 The project file also can have extra fields in the [build-menu] section
4121 in addition to those listed in `[build-menu] Section`_ above.
4123 When filetype menu items are configured for the project they are stored
4124 in the project file.
4126 The ``filetypes`` entry is a list of the filetypes which exist in the
4129 For each filetype the entries for that filetype have the format defined in
4130 `[build-menu] Section`_ but the key is prefixed by the name of the filetype
4131 as it appears in the ``filetypes`` entry, eg the entry for the label of
4132 filetype menu item 0 for the C filetype would be
4140 Geany supports the following templates:
4144 * Function description
4149 To use these templates, just open the Edit menu or open the popup menu
4150 by right-clicking in the editor widget, and choose "Insert Comments"
4151 and insert templates as you want.
4153 Some templates (like File header or ChangeLog entry) will always be
4154 inserted at the top of the file.
4156 To insert a function description, the cursor must be inside
4157 of the function, so that the function name can be determined
4158 automatically. The description will be positioned correctly one line
4159 above the function, just check it out. If the cursor is not inside
4160 of a function or the function name cannot be determined, the inserted
4161 function description won't contain the correct function name but "unknown"
4165 Geany automatically reloads template information when it notices you
4166 save a file in the user's template configuration directory. You can
4167 also force this by selecting *Tools->Reload Configuration*.
4173 Meta data can be used with all templates, but by default user set
4174 meta data is only used for the ChangeLog and File header templates.
4176 In the configuration dialog you can find a tab "Templates" (see
4177 `Template preferences`_). You can define the default values
4178 which will be inserted in the templates. You should select
4179 *Tools->Reload Configuration* or restart Geany after making changes.
4185 File templates are templates used as the basis of a new file. To
4186 use them, choose the *New (with Template)* menu item from the *File*
4189 By default, file templates are installed for some filetypes. Custom
4190 file templates can be added by creating the appropriate template file
4191 and then selecting *Tools->Reload Configuration* or restarting Geany. You can
4192 also edit the default file templates.
4194 The file's contents are just the text to place in the document, with
4195 optional template wildcards like ``{fileheader}``. The fileheader
4196 wildcard can be placed anywhere, but it's usually put on the first
4197 line of the file, followed by a blank line.
4199 Custom file templates
4200 `````````````````````
4202 These are read from the following directories:
4204 * ``$prefix/share/geany/templates/files`` (see `Installation prefix`_)
4205 * ``~/.config/geany/templates/files`` (created the first time
4208 The filetype to use is detected from the template file's extension, if
4209 any. For example, creating a file ``module.c`` would add a menu item
4210 which created a new document with the filetype set to 'C'.
4212 The template file is read from disk when the corresponding menu item is
4219 It's recommended to use custom file templates instead.
4221 Filetype template files are read from the ``~/.config/geany/templates``
4222 directory, and are named "filetype." followed by the filetype
4223 name, e.g. "filetype.python", "filetype.sh", etc. If you are
4224 unsure about the filetype name extensions, they are the same as
4225 the filetype configuration file extensions, commonly installed in
4226 ``/usr/share/geany``, with the prefix "filetypes.".
4228 There is also a template file ``filetype.none`` which is used when
4229 the New command is used without a filetype. This is empty by default.
4232 Customizing templates
4233 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
4235 Each template can be customized to your needs. The templates are
4236 stored in the ``~/.config/geany/templates/`` directory (see the section called
4237 `Command line options`_ for further information about the configuration
4238 directory). Just open the desired template with an editor (ideally,
4239 Geany ;-) ) and edit the template to your needs. There are some
4240 wildcards which will be automatically replaced by Geany at startup.
4246 All wildcards must be enclosed by "{" and "}", e.g. {date}.
4248 **Wildcards for character escaping**
4250 ============== ============================================= =======================================
4251 Wildcard Description Available in
4252 ============== ============================================= =======================================
4253 ob { Opening Brace (used to prevent other file templates, file header, snippets.
4254 wildcards being expanded).
4255 cb } Closing Brace. file templates, file header, snippets.
4256 pc \% Percent (used to escape e.g. %block% in
4257 snippets). snippets.
4258 ============== ============================================= =======================================
4260 **Global wildcards**
4262 These are configurable, see `Template preferences`_.
4264 ============== ============================================= =======================================
4265 Wildcard Description Available in
4266 ============== ============================================= =======================================
4267 developer The name of the developer. file templates, file header,
4268 function description, ChangeLog entry,
4271 initial The developer's initials, e.g. "ET" for file templates, file header,
4272 Enrico Tröger or "JFD" for John Foobar Doe. function description, ChangeLog entry,
4275 mail The email address of the developer. file templates, file header,
4276 function description, ChangeLog entry,
4279 company The company the developer is working for. file templates, file header,
4280 function description, ChangeLog entry,
4283 version The initial version of a new file. file templates, file header,
4284 function description, ChangeLog entry,
4286 ============== ============================================= =======================================
4288 **Date & time wildcards**
4290 The format for these wildcards can be changed in the preferences
4291 dialog, see `Template preferences`_. You can use any conversion
4292 specifiers which can be used with the ANSI C strftime function.
4293 For details please see http://man.cx/strftime.
4295 ============== ============================================= =======================================
4296 Wildcard Description Available in
4297 ============== ============================================= =======================================
4298 year The current year. Default format is: YYYY. file templates, file header,
4299 function description, ChangeLog entry,
4302 date The current date. Default format: file templates, file header,
4303 YYYY-MM-DD. function description, ChangeLog entry,
4306 datetime The current date and time. Default format: file templates, file header,
4307 DD.MM.YYYY HH:mm:ss ZZZZ. function description, ChangeLog entry,
4309 ============== ============================================= =======================================
4311 **Dynamic wildcards**
4313 ============== ============================================= =======================================
4314 Wildcard Description Available in
4315 ============== ============================================= =======================================
4316 untitled The string "untitled" (this will be file templates, file header,
4317 translated to your locale), used in function description, ChangeLog entry,
4318 file templates. bsd, gpl, snippets.
4320 geanyversion The actual Geany version, e.g. file templates, file header,
4321 "Geany |(version)|". function description, ChangeLog entry,
4324 filename The filename of the current file. file header, snippets, file
4325 For new files, it's only replaced when templates.
4326 first saving if found on the first 3 lines
4329 project The current project's name, if any. file header, snippets, file templates.
4331 description The current project's description, if any. file header, snippets, file templates.
4333 functionname The function name of the function at the function description.
4334 cursor position. This wildcard will only be
4335 replaced in the function description
4338 command:path Executes the specified command and replace file templates, file header,
4339 the wildcard with the command's standard function description, ChangeLog entry,
4340 output. See `Special {command:} wildcard`_ bsd, gpl, snippets.
4342 ============== ============================================= =======================================
4344 **Template insertion wildcards**
4346 ============== ============================================= =======================================
4347 Wildcard Description Available in
4348 ============== ============================================= =======================================
4349 gpl This wildcard inserts a short GPL notice. file header.
4351 bsd This wildcard inserts a BSD licence notice. file header.
4353 fileheader The file header template. This wildcard snippets, file templates.
4354 will only be replaced in filetype
4356 ============== ============================================= =======================================
4359 Special {command:} wildcard
4360 ***************************
4362 The {command:} wildcard is a special one because it can execute
4363 a specified command and put the command's output (stdout) into
4372 Linux localhost 2.6.9-023stab046.2-smp #1 SMP Mon Dec 10 15:04:55 MSK 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux
4374 Using this wildcard you can insert nearly any arbitrary text into the
4377 In the environment of the executed command the variables
4378 ``GEANY_FILENAME``, ``GEANY_FILETYPE`` and ``GEANY_FUNCNAME`` are set.
4379 The value of these variables is filled in only if Geany knows about it.
4380 For example, ``GEANY_FUNCNAME`` is only filled within the function
4381 description template. However, these variables are ``always`` set,
4382 just maybe with an empty value.
4383 You can easily access them e.g. within an executed shell script using::
4389 If the specified command could not be found or not executed, the wildcard is substituted
4390 by an empty string. In such cases, you can find the occurred error message on Geany's
4391 standard error and in the Help->Debug Messages dialog.
4394 Customizing the toolbar
4395 -----------------------
4397 You can add, remove and reorder the elements in the toolbar by using the toolbar editor
4398 by manually editing the file ``ui_toolbar.xml``.
4400 The toolbar editor can be opened from the preferences editor on the Toolbar tab or
4401 by right-clicking on the toolbar itself and choosing it from the menu.
4403 Manually editing of the toolbar layout
4404 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
4406 To override the system-wide configuration file, copy it from
4407 ``$prefix/share/geany`` to your configuration directory, usually
4408 ``~/.config/geany/``. ``$prefix`` is the path where Geany is installed
4409 (see `Installation prefix`_).
4413 % cp /usr/local/share/geany/ui_toolbar.xml /home/username/.config/geany/
4415 Then edit it and add any of the available elements listed in the file or remove
4416 any of the existing elements. Of course, you can also reorder the elements as
4417 you wish and add or remove additional separators.
4418 This file must be valid XML, otherwise the global toolbar UI definition
4419 will be used instead.
4421 Your changes are applied once you save the file.
4424 (1) You cannot add new actions which are not listed below.
4425 (2) Everything you add or change must be inside the /ui/toolbar/ path.
4428 Available toolbar elements
4429 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
4431 ================== ==============================================================================
4432 Element name Description
4433 ================== ==============================================================================
4434 New Create a new file
4435 Open Open an existing file
4436 Save Save the current file
4437 SaveAll Save all open files
4438 Reload Reload the current file from disk
4439 Close Close the current file
4440 CloseAll Close all open files
4441 Print Print the current file
4442 Cut Cut the current selection
4443 Copy Copy the current selection
4444 Paste Paste the contents of the clipboard
4445 Delete Delete the current selection
4446 Undo Undo the last modification
4447 Redo Redo the last modification
4448 NavBack Navigate back a location
4449 NavFor Navigate forward a location
4450 Compile Compile the current file
4451 Build Build the current file, includes a submenu for Make commands. Geany
4452 remembers the last chosen action from the submenu and uses this as default
4453 action when the button itself is clicked.
4454 Run Run or view the current file
4455 Color Open a color chooser dialog, to interactively pick colors from a palette
4456 ZoomIn Zoom in the text
4457 ZoomOut Zoom out the text
4458 UnIndent Decrease indentation
4459 Indent Increase indentation
4460 Replace Replace text in the current document
4461 SearchEntry The search field belonging to the 'Search' element (can be used alone)
4462 Search Find the entered text in the current file (only useful if you also
4464 GotoEntry The goto field belonging to the 'Goto' element (can be used alone)
4465 Goto Jump to the entered line number (only useful if you also use 'GotoEntry')
4466 Preferences Show the preferences dialog
4468 ================== ==============================================================================
4472 Plugin documentation
4473 ====================
4480 This plugin sets on every new file (File->New or File-> New (with template))
4481 a randomly chosen filename and set its filetype appropriate to the used template
4482 or when no template was used, to a configurable default filetype.
4483 This enables you to quickly compile, build and/or run the new file without the
4484 need to give it an explicit filename using the Save As dialog. This might be
4485 useful when you often create new files just for testing some code or something
4492 This plugin creates a backup copy of the current file in Geany when it is
4493 saved. You can specify the directory where the backup copy is saved and
4494 you can configure the automatically added extension in the configure dialog
4495 in Geany's plugin manager.
4497 After the plugin was loaded in Geany's plugin manager, every file is
4498 copied into the configured backup directory when the file is saved in Geany.
4502 Contributing to this document
4503 =============================
4505 This document (``geany.txt``) is written in `reStructuredText`__
4506 (or "reST"). The source file for it is located in Geany's ``doc``
4507 subdirectory. If you intend on making changes, you should grab the
4508 source right from SVN to make sure you've got the newest version. After
4509 editing the file, to build the HTML document to see how your changes
4510 look, run "``make doc``" in the subdirectory ``doc`` of Geany's source
4511 directory. This regenerates the ``geany.html`` file. To generate a PDF
4512 file, use the command "``make pdf``" which should generate a file called
4513 geany-|(version)|.pdf.
4515 __ http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html
4517 After you are happy with your changes, create a patch::
4519 % svn diff geany.txt > foo.patch
4521 and then submit that file to the mailing list for review.
4523 Note, you will need the Python docutils software package installed
4524 to build the docs. The package is named ``python-docutils`` on Debian
4530 Scintilla keyboard commands
4531 ===========================
4533 Copyright © 1998, 2006 Neil Hodgson <neilh(at)scintilla(dot)org>
4535 This appendix is distributed under the terms of the License for
4536 Scintilla and SciTE. A copy of this license can be found in the file
4537 ``scintilla/License.txt`` included with the source code of this
4538 program and in the appendix of this document. See `License for
4539 Scintilla and SciTE`_.
4548 Keyboard commands for Scintilla mostly follow common Windows and GTK+
4549 conventions. All move keys (arrows, page up/down, home and end)
4550 allows to extend or reduce the stream selection when holding the
4551 Shift key, and the rectangular selection when holding the Shift and
4552 Ctrl keys. Some keys may not be available with some national keyboards
4553 or because they are taken by the system such as by a window manager
4554 or GTK. Keyboard equivalents of menu commands are listed in the
4555 menus. Some less common commands with no menu equivalent are:
4557 ============================================= ======================
4559 ============================================= ======================
4560 Magnify text size. Ctrl+Keypad+
4561 Reduce text size. Ctrl+Keypad-
4562 Restore text size to normal. Ctrl+Keypad/
4564 Dedent block. Shift+Tab
4565 Delete to start of word. Ctrl+BackSpace
4566 Delete to end of word. Ctrl+Delete
4567 Delete to start of line. Ctrl+Shift+BackSpace
4568 Go to start of document. Ctrl+Home
4569 Extend selection to start of document. Ctrl+Shift+Home
4570 Go to start of display line. Alt+Home
4571 Extend selection to start of display line. Alt+Shift+Home
4572 Go to end of document. Ctrl+End
4573 Extend selection to end of document. Ctrl+Shift+End
4574 Extend selection to end of display line. Alt+Shift+End
4575 Previous paragraph. Shift extends selection. Ctrl+Up
4576 Next paragraph. Shift extends selection. Ctrl+Down
4577 Previous word. Shift extends selection. Ctrl+Left
4578 Next word. Shift extends selection. Ctrl+Right
4579 ============================================= ======================
4590 * Double-click on empty space in the notebook tab bar to open a
4592 * Middle-click on a document's notebook tab to close the document.
4593 * Hold `Ctrl` and click on any notebook tab to switch to the last used
4595 * Double-click on a document's notebook tab to toggle all additional
4596 widgets (to show them again use the View menu or the keyboard
4597 shortcut). The interface pref must be enabled for this to work.
4602 * Alt-scroll wheel moves up/down a page.
4603 * Ctrl-scroll wheel zooms in/out.
4604 * Shift-scroll wheel scrolls 8 characters right/left.
4605 * Ctrl-click on a word in a document to perform *Go to Tag Definition*.
4606 * Ctrl-click on a bracket/brace to perform *Go to Matching Brace*.
4611 * Double-click on a symbol-list group to expand or compact it.
4616 * Scrolling the mouse wheel over a notebook tab bar will switch
4619 The following are derived from X-Windows features (but GTK still supports
4622 * Middle-click pastes the last selected text.
4623 * Middle-click on a scrollbar moves the scrollbar to that
4624 position without having to drag it.
4628 Compile-time options
4629 ====================
4631 There are some options which can only be changed at compile time,
4632 and some options which are used as the default for configurable
4633 options. To change these options, edit the appropriate source file
4634 in the ``src`` subdirectory. Look for a block of lines starting with
4635 ``#define GEANY_*``. Any definitions which are not listed here should
4639 Most users should not need to change these options.
4644 ============================== ============================================ ==================
4645 Option Description Default
4646 ============================== ============================================ ==================
4647 GEANY_STRING_UNTITLED A string used as the default name for new untitled
4648 files. Be aware that the string can be
4649 translated, so change it only if you know
4651 GEANY_WINDOW_MINIMAL_WIDTH The minimal width of the main window. 620
4652 GEANY_WINDOW_MINIMAL_HEIGHT The minimal height of the main window. 440
4653 GEANY_WINDOW_DEFAULT_WIDTH The default width of the main window at the 900
4655 GEANY_WINDOW_DEFAULT_HEIGHT The default height of the main window at the 600
4657 **Windows specific**
4658 GEANY_USE_WIN32_DIALOG Set this to 1 if you want to use the default 0
4659 Windows file open and save dialogs instead
4660 GTK's file open and save dialogs. The
4661 default Windows file dialogs are missing
4662 some nice features like choosing a filetype
4663 or an encoding. *Do not touch this setting
4664 when building on a non-Win32 system.*
4665 ============================== ============================================ ==================
4670 ============================== ============================================ ==================
4671 Option Description Default
4672 ============================== ============================================ ==================
4673 GEANY_PROJECT_EXT The default filename extension for Geany geany
4674 project files. It is used when creating new
4675 projects and as filter mask for the project
4677 ============================== ============================================ ==================
4682 ============================== ============================================ ==================
4683 Option Description Default
4684 ============================== ============================================ ==================
4685 GEANY_WORDCHARS These characters define word boundaries when a string with:
4686 making selections and searching using word a-z, A-Z, 0-9 and
4687 matching options. underscore.
4688 ============================== ============================================ ==================
4693 These are default settings that can be overridden in the `Preferences`_ dialog.
4695 ============================== ============================================ ==================
4696 Option Description Default
4697 ============================== ============================================ ==================
4698 GEANY_MIN_SYMBOLLIST_CHARS How many characters you need to type to 4
4699 trigger the autocompletion list.
4700 GEANY_DISK_CHECK_TIMEOUT Time in seconds between checking a file for 30
4702 GEANY_DEFAULT_TOOLS_MAKE The make tool. This can also include a path. "make"
4703 GEANY_DEFAULT_TOOLS_TERMINAL A terminal emulator. It has to accept the "xterm"
4704 command line option "-e". This can also
4706 GEANY_DEFAULT_TOOLS_BROWSER A web browser. This can also include a path. "firefox"
4707 GEANY_DEFAULT_TOOLS_PRINTCMD A printing tool. It should be able to accept "lpr"
4708 and process plain text files. This can also
4710 GEANY_DEFAULT_TOOLS_GREP A grep tool. It should be compatible with "grep"
4711 GNU grep. This can also include a path.
4712 GEANY_DEFAULT_MRU_LENGTH The length of the "Recent files" list. 10
4713 GEANY_DEFAULT_FONT_SYMBOL_LIST The font used in sidebar to show symbols and "Sans 9"
4715 GEANY_DEFAULT_FONT_MSG_WINDOW The font used in the messages window. "Sans 9"
4716 GEANY_DEFAULT_FONT_EDITOR The font used in the editor window. "Monospace 10"
4717 GEANY_TOGGLE_MARK A string which is used to mark a toggled "~ "
4719 GEANY_MAX_AUTOCOMPLETE_WORDS How many autocompletion suggestions should 30
4721 ============================== ============================================ ==================
4726 ============================== ============================================ ==================
4727 Option Description Default
4728 ============================== ============================================ ==================
4729 GEANY_BUILD_ERR_HIGHLIGHT_MAX Amount of build error messages which should 100
4730 be highlighted in the Compiler message
4731 window. This affects the special coloring
4732 when Geany detects a compiler output line as
4733 an error message and then highlight the
4734 corresponding line in the source code.
4735 Usually only the first few messages are
4736 interesting because following errors are
4738 ============================== ============================================ ==================
4743 ============================== ============================================ ==================
4744 Option Description Default
4745 ============================== ============================================ ==================
4746 PRINTBUILDCMDS Every time a build menu item priority FALSE
4747 calculation is run, print the state of the
4748 menu item table in the form of the table
4749 in `Build Menu Configuration`_. May be
4750 useful to debug configuration file
4751 overloading. Warning produces a lot of
4752 output. Can also be enabled/disabled by the
4753 debugger by setting printbuildcmds to 1/0
4754 overriding the compile setting.
4755 ============================== ============================================ ==================
4759 GNU General Public License
4760 ==========================
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5108 License for Scintilla and SciTE
5109 ===============================
5111 Copyright 1998-2003 by Neil Hodgson <neilh(at)scintilla(dot)org>
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