======Geany======

**Geany** is a nice text editor that can do a fair chunk of things proper IDEs can.

=====Features=====
====Terminal====
To add a terminal emulator to the messages pane you just need to install [[arch>extra/x86_64/vte3/|vte3]].

====Split Window====
To split the window, so that you can view two separate files simultaneously, you have to install a plug-in:
  * [[github>geany/geany/blob/master/plugins/splitwindow.c]]
This seems to live in the big plug-in pack you can download too.

====External Commands====
You can use the 'Send Selection to' function to send chunks of text to other programs for modification.

  * ''Right-mouse > Format > Send Selection to >'' or
  * ''Edit > Format > Send Selection to >'' or
  * ''Ctrl+[n]''

I have one setup that sends highlit text to ''sort'' when I press ''Ctrl+1'', which alphabetises it. Nice for CSS and lists.

  * https://wiki.geany.org/config/customcmds/sort-selection

====Context Actions====

Like external commands, you can use the single context action to send bits of text off to other places. There being only one is a bit limiting, but. I have mine set to send stuff to [[Firefox]], which I use for URLs. To set:

  - ''Edit > Preferences > Tools''
  - Find the 'Context action:' field

or

  - Edit ''~/.config/geany/geany.conf''
  - Find ''context_action_cmd='' and add your command here.

I have ''firefox %s''. If you want send stuff to [[duckduckgo|DDG]] use ''firefox %%"https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=%s"%%'', etc.

You can also have a different context action configured per file type. To do this:

  - Copy the files you want from ''/usr/share/geany/filedefs'' to ''~/.config/geany/filedefs''
  - Add your command to ''context_action_cmd=''

I have ''%%https://developer.mozilla.org/en-GB/search?q=%s%%'' for [[CSS]] and [[HTML]] files, for example.

====Keyboard Shortcuts====
Some ones I find useful:

| ''Ctrl+Shift+X'' | Cut line |
| ''Ctrl+Shift+C'' | Copy line |
| ''Ctrl+K'' | Delete line |
| ''Ctrl+D'' | Duplicate line |
| ''Ctrl+E'' | Comment-out line (toggle) |
| ''Ctrl+I'' | Indent line |
| ''Ctrl+U'' | Outdent line |
| ''Alt+PgUp'' | Shift line up |
| ''Alt+PgDn'' | Shift line down |
| ''Ctrl+H'' | Find and replace dialogue |
| ''Ctrl+[n]'' | Custom commands. The number depends on the command's place in the list |

====editorconfig====
You can enable [[file_kinds#.editorconfig]] support with a plug-in:

  * [[github>editorconfig/editorconfig-geany]]
  * [[aur>?O=0&SeB=nd&K=editorconfig+geany&outdated=&SB=n&SO=a&PP=50&do_Search=Go|editorconfig geany]] search.

==== Syntax Highlighting =====

To add new filetypes to existing syntax highlighting styles:, you can add them to ''~/.config/geany/filetype_extensions.conf''. Currently mine looks like:

<code ini>
# Adds to defaults /usr/share/geany/filetype_extensions.conf
[Extensions]
Conf=*.ssa;*.ass;

[Groups]

</code>

===== See Also =====
  * [[https://www.geany.org/|www.geany.org]]

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