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Along the same lines, I've developed another way people can quickly
integrate functionality to geany in minutes rather than days or even
hours :-)<br>
<br>
<a
href="https://github.com/sblatnick/geany-plugins/tree/external-tools/external-tools">external-tools</a>
- Add virtually ANY executable script or file to be called from
keyboard shortcuts or the Tools menu. The intended use is that you
can write <b>bash scripts</b> or even <b>perl scripts</b> that use
environment variables to get data from geany (via environment
variables passed to the scripts) and are able to act based on some
settings on geany or the code.<br>
<br>
One advantage that this plugin offers that the lua plugin could
maybe consider doing is having a nice UI for adding, removing, and
editing scripts.<br>
<br>
This plugin hasn't been submitted to geany-plugins yet, as I am
still working on it. That said, it's already quite functional. It
behaves much like gedit's external tools, but with some improvements
and planned features they missed. (I use gedit's version of the
plugin daily, so I'm hoping to add it to geany and improve on it)<br>
<br>
Here are the currently set environment variables:<br>
<ol>
<li>GEANY_LINE_NUMBER - The current line number the cursor is at
in the editor<br>
</li>
<li>GEANY_SELECTION - Any currently selected text<br>
</li>
<li>GEANY_SELECTED_LINE - All of the text on the current line the
cursor is at<br>
</li>
<li>GEANY_FILE_PATH - Path to the current file in the editor<br>
</li>
<li>GEANY_FILE_MIME_TYPE - Mime type of the current file (example:
"text/x-csrc")<br>
</li>
<li>GEANY_FILE_TYPE_NAME - Mime type by name of the current file
(example filetype: "C")<br>
</li>
</ol>
Output from the script can be directed into:<br>
<ol>
<li>New "Tools" tab of the Message Window as either text output or
a table (I'm still working on the table)<br>
</li>
<li>Overwrite currently selected text</li>
<li>Do nothing in the UI (good for opening other tools like meld)</li>
<li>Overwrite the currently selected line</li>
<li><i>any other ideas?</i><br>
</li>
</ol>
I hope the plugin will be greatly flexible. I plan on adding that
file paths in the output on the tools tab of the message window will
be clickable to browse to files as well as a table output for
CSV-like uses.<br>
<br>
Anyway, I hope somebody likes this little sneak peak at my plugin
:-)<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Steven Blatnick<br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06/05/2013 06:06 AM, Thomas Martitz
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<td style="font: inherit;" valign="top">Hi, folks.<br>
<br>
Lex, thanks for your comments. I have heard before about
GeanyLua's future being uncertain, and I did email the
list suggesting that I would be willing to be an
emergency backup maintainer. Ie I don't generally have
the time, but given a choice between fixing a severe
problem and losing the plugin, I'd step up.<br>
<br>
Just tonight I've uploaded another script to the Geany
Wiki, for surrounding the current selection with
brackets, tags, etc. That fulfils another item from the
plugin wishlist. It took about 40 lines (including
comments and debug lines) and 15 minutes.<br>
<br>
I strongly urge that GeanyLua be retained. I think that
it and GeanyPy are the way of the future for plugin
development, and since GeanyPy isn't available
precompiled, GeanyLua is the only out-of-the-box
candidate for developing a useful feature (that would
normally involve a plugin) in an hour or less. The
documentation is clear; the API is simple but effective;
there's no boilerplate (no import statements, no class
declarations, no metadata, just code); deployment is
just a matter of copying the script into the geanylua
directory and restarting/rescanning; and it integrates
nicely with the keybinding system.<br>
<br>
Anyone who wants to develop a plugin, or wishes for a
feature that some other editor has, should consider
GeanyLua. It might not do what they need, but if it
does, they'll be able to do it within an afternoon. I'm
already maintaining 6 different Lua-powered features
(some of which involve multiple scripts), with a 7th to
be uploaded soon, and it's easy.</td>
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<br>
I believe GeanyLua is nice, but it still needs a maintainer :) You
could be the one!<br>
<br>
Best regards<br>
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