[Geany-Users] Missing Eclipse Features?

[Robert Fekete]

Hi,

#1: I think the GeanyVC plugin does exactly that.

Regarding #2:
AFAIK, you cannot do that in Geany, but you can start Geany twice, and open
a different project in each instance. Other than that, you can open any
file regularly with File > Open. Also, I think there is a plugin that adds
a full filebrowser to the sidebar, but I haven't used it yet.

#3:
On the project tab, right-clicking on a folder and selecting Find in Files
should work as expected, I use it daily.

HTH,

Robert

On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 6:32 PM, Chris Spencer <chrisspen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for a replacement for Eclipse, and I recently discovered
> Geany. I've installed it and all of it's plugins from the Ubuntu 16
> packages, and now I'm trying to understand it's interface. It seems to have
> most of the features of Eclipse, but a few major things are missing, so I'd
> hope someone can confirm these are missing or clarify where they are.
> Specifically:
>
> 1. Git integration
>
> Eclipse's eGit plugin allows you to:
> a. commit all changes in a project
> b. view a graphical diff and resolve merges of all changes in a project
> c. see all file changes and conflicts in a project's tree browser via
> folder/filename icons
>
> Does Geany have a plugin that does this? There appears to a git-changebar
> plugin, but even though I created a project for my local git repo and
> enabled the plugin, there doesn't appear to be any git actions shown
> anywhere, nor is it reflecting any changes that are made. Unfortunately,
> the git-changebar doc site (https://plugins.geany.org/git-changebar.html)
> has virtually no documentation on how to use the plugin.
>
> 2. Multiple project browsing
>
> I can create an arbitrary number of projects in Eclipse and edit files
> from multiple projects simultaneously. How do you do this in Geany? I can
> create and open a project, but I seem to be only able to view one project's
> files at a time, which is a huge limitation.
>
> 3. Project wide file search
>
> Eclipse has a feature to search all files in all projects. I see I can
> right-click in Geany and select "Find in Files", but this doesn't appear to
> work. For example searching for the string literal "ss FooBar(" returns no
> files with matching content and a dozen error messages like:
>
>     grep -nHIiF -- "ss FooBar(" (in directory:
> /home/chris/git/myproject/src)
>     /bin/grep: dir1: Is a directory
>     /bin/grep: dir2: Is a directory
>     /bin/grep: dir3: Is a directory
>
> Am I missing something? Where are search results shown?
>
> Other than that, Geany performs very well, and if I can figure out how to
> plug these feature gaps, I'd really like to start using it. Memory-wise
> alone, it's a huge improvement over Eclipse, which consumes 20% of my 8GB
> of memory, compared to 0.5% with Geany.
>
> Regards,
> Chris
>
>
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