Branch: refs/heads/master Author: Enrico Tröger enrico.troeger@uvena.de Committer: Enrico Tröger enrico.troeger@uvena.de Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2020 09:18:32 UTC Commit: 9db199a6d7954ab397d1e21241a9e399acef3a6f https://github.com/geany/www.geany.org/commit/9db199a6d7954ab397d1e21241a9e3...
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## Can I make Geany behave like Emacs/Vim?
-As its default, Geany uses the standard GTK+ keybindings that most desktop users are -familiar with. Although you can remap **most** keybindings to suit your taste, -Geany cannot currently fully emulate Emacs or Vim, nor is it currently a goal +As its default, Geany uses the standard GTK+ keybindings that most desktop users are +familiar with. Although you can remap **most** keybindings to suit your taste, +Geany cannot currently fully emulate Emacs or Vim, nor is it currently a goal of the core project developers to make it do so.
And if really necessary, there is a Vim-mode plugin: https://plugins.geany.org/vimode.html
## Can Geany show me multiple files at the same time?
-Geany provides a tabbed main editor window, but does not support -split windows in the core. There is a Split Window plugin which -should work fine for viewing another document next to the main +Geany provides a tabbed main editor window, but does not support +split windows in the core. There is a Split Window plugin which +should work fine for viewing another document next to the main editor notebook. You can also run several instances of Geany simultaneously.
## Does Geany have incremental search?
-Case-insensitive forward incremental search is via the `search field` in the toolbar. +Case-insensitive forward incremental search is via the `search field` in the toolbar. For reverse incremental search, start a forward search then use your key for `Find Previous`.
## Can I add custom filetypes by creating a filetypes.foo configuration file?
-You can add a filetypes.Name.conf file with Geany 0.19 and use an existing -filetype's syntax highlighting and tag parsing. +You can add a filetypes.Name.conf file with Geany 0.19 and use an existing +filetype's syntax highlighting and tag parsing. See https://www.geany.org/manual/index.html#custom-filetypes.
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## Can I extend Geany myself?
-Yes! You can write your own plugins in C. You can also write Lua scripts -for Geany using the Lua plugin. See the [Plugins][2] page. -Also note the `Format->Send Selection` to command is useful for +Yes! You can write your own plugins in C. You can also write Lua scripts +for Geany using the Lua plugin. See the [Plugins][2] page. +Also note the `Format->Send Selection` to command is useful for piping text through a script/external program.
## How can I change the colors used for syntax highlighting?
-Geany reads the colors to use for syntax highlighting from filetype definition files. +Geany reads the colors to use for syntax highlighting from filetype definition files. Detailed information on how to find and edit these files can be found in the [manual][3].
-There is a tool for configuring color schemes, and a set of +There is a tool for configuring color schemes, and a set of dark color schemes available can be found in the [Wiki][4].
## The vertical scrollbar scrolls over the document and doesn't stop at the last line. What's wrong?
-For Geany 0.13 and 0.14, this is enabled by default and allows appending text with the -last lines drawn at the top of the view. +For Geany 0.13 and 0.14, this is enabled by default and allows appending text with the +last lines drawn at the top of the view. Since Geany 0.15, it is off by default and you can configure it in Geany's preferences dialog.
@@ -68,19 +68,19 @@ See [Contribute to Development][5].
## Does Geany support editing files remotely through FTP or SSH?
-No, Geany doesn't support any remote file editing. But you can easily mount -remote filesystems through FTP, SSH or whatever with Fuse or LUFS. -This is even better because the remote filesystem will become available +No, Geany doesn't support any remote file editing. But you can easily mount +remote filesystems through FTP, SSH or whatever with Fuse or LUFS. +This is even better because the remote filesystem will become available for all your applications transparently.
-If you have GVfs (Gnome >= 2.22) you may already have a Fuse mountpoint -in `~/.gvfs/` which you can tell Geany to open remote files from, after +If you have GVfs (Gnome >= 2.22) you may already have a Fuse mountpoint +in `~/.gvfs/` which you can tell Geany to open remote files from, after mounting the connection from a Gnome program such as nautilus.
-To avoid slow responsiveness, it is recommended to disable checking files -for changes to not query the file's modification time. To do so, open the -preferences dialog and set `Disk check timeout` in the Files tab to 0 which -will disable it at all. Since Geany 0.16 disk file changes are always disabled +To avoid slow responsiveness, it is recommended to disable checking files +for changes to not query the file's modification time. To do so, open the +preferences dialog and set `Disk check timeout` in the Files tab to 0 which +will disable it at all. Since Geany 0.16 disk file changes are always disabled for remote files, so there is no need to disable this setting with Geany 0.16.
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## Since Geany 0.16, GTK/GLib symbol completion is broken, why?
-The symbol completion data for GTK/GLib symbols are just not in the default distribution anymore. +The symbol completion data for GTK/GLib symbols are just not in the default distribution anymore. Instead they can be downloaded separately besides other tag files.
-For details about this change and download information, see [GTK symbol -completion data removed from Geany 0.16][7]. +For details about this change and download information, see +[GTK symbol completion data removed from Geany 0.16][7].
## How can I use urxvt or konsole as terminal application when executing files?
-Open the preferences tab, Tools tab and enter the following +Open the preferences tab, Tools tab and enter the following command in the field Terminal:
urxvt -e sh -c @@ -179,9 +179,9 @@ command in the field Terminal:
## I changed my project/general indent prefs but my document still uses the old settings!
-The project or general prefs for indentation only apply when opening new documents, -because documents in your current session may have different overridden -indent settings - i.e. you might want one document indented with tabs whilst +The project or general prefs for indentation only apply when opening new documents, +because documents in your current session may have different overridden +indent settings - i.e. you might want one document indented with tabs whilst another is open with spaces indentation. See the [manual][8] for details.
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## How do I get my question answered?
-Please first have a look at our [comprehensive manual][3]. -If that doesn't answer your question, the quickest and best way is to ask on the [mailing list][9]. +Please first have a look at our [comprehensive manual][3]. +If that doesn't answer your question, the quickest and best way is to ask on the [mailing list][9].
[1]: /documentation/hacking/
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