The problem is that .h is an extension used for multiple filetypes in the real world and I have my personal feelings about this [expletive deleted] insanity, thats what .hpp is for, but anyway the world is what it is and .h is used for C, C++ and others.

Because C++ is a superset of C, and C++ has rather more in the "header" files than C does usually, C++ headers need to be C++, they rarely highlight or parse well if treated as C. But C ones will still pretty much parse and highlight correctly if treated as C++. So it was decided that making the setting for .h C++ will be mostly ok for C contents too. So the default setting in filetype_extensions.conf put *.h on C++. And because C++ is before any other filetype that also uses *.h the C++ setting overrides those settings which are after it.

And since Geany has a mix of C and C++ with both using .h for header, then of course the default settings must suit Geany 😜.

Your options for using .h are:

if you only use C but no C++ then in filetype_extensions.conf add .h to C
add your snipets to both C and C++
add // -*- C -*- to your C headers so they are explicit independent of the extension

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