[Geany] Partially solved: Folding with indentation

[Dominic Hopf]

Am Freitag, den 13.11.2009, 21:55 +0900 schrieb Hyoung-Ryul Kang:
> Dear all,
> 
> Thanks to the many helpful suggestions, especially based on Mr. Randy
> Kramer's, I made one work-around in Notepad++, which is also based on
> Scintilla.
> 
> The steps are as following:
> 
> 1. Settings -> Preferences -> New Document/Default Directory ->
> Default language -> select "Python"
> ( I chose Python because it is the language that I don't often use,
> while it supports folding based on indentation)
> 
> 2. Settings -> Style configurator -> Lauguage: select Python -> User
> ext.: input "txt"
> 
> (I found that making an adjustment like this is a bit more complicated
> in Geany, unlike Notepad++. Especially I couldn't find a way to select
> a default language. Could someone tell me how I can do that?)#
You can edit your ~/.config/geany/filetype_extensions.conf accordingly
to your wish. E.g. add *.txt as Python file.

> Also, although this works perfect for me, this is only a work-around,
> and poses several problem. For example, if you want to use
> auto-completion for 'real' Python code, you will be forced to see the
> same auto-completion list pops up even when you are writing a plain
> text.
> 
> Since folding with indentation 'right from the start' will be a
> qualitatively different experience to novices to Geany, I still hope
> that this feature could be included as a default, or an option that
> can be selected from the GUI.
> 
> .txt lexer, combined with a capacity to select a default language (in
> this case, 'simple text (.txt)' ), will be an answer.
> 
> I will try Eugene's patch and post again.
> 
> Best regards,
> HR Kang.
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