I was just using geany today (mainly for compiling; for editing, 'was using Kate just for taking benefit of clangd LSP) and

pressed Ctrl - / by mistake. and huh... word navigation back.
what next i wondered, Ctrl - \ next word nice
Ctrl - ] and Ctrl - [ for what? para-wise (i.e. broken at empty line) navigation i guess 🤔 ?
Ctrl - b for start/end of parenthesis?

woww! i only knew of ctrl - arrow keys lol. how many more navigation shortcuts do geany have - any cheatsheet?

just early today i browser the editor color scheme themes (View > Change Color Scheme, not UI themes) - and woww, geany has some of best dark themes out of the box in my opinion. I picked the following ones:

oblivion 2 (my current), sleepy pastel, zenburn, 
bespin, kugel

I already admired geany from long ago due to its amazzzing adherence to KIS principle

it's preferences are always sooo simple despite providing options for sooo many things (even for which explorer to choose).
It's build & run menus put even vscode to shame: it's flexible, versatile, and just works - and never made me feel the lack of terminal (i am on windows)
It's message window is sooo thoughtful - the scribble pad, and messages wow, no other editors has that.
its default UI theme is sooooo pleasant to eyes and mind - despite being light mode, it's balanced, it's colorful; not the dull boring BLINDING white every-modern-where else.

i have used lots of other editors (notepad++, vs codium, kate, notepad3) - but there's something in geany which always i find myself to be lacking in other editors. It gives Freedom (which corporate produce, despite being OSS, just can't give), balance (which so much offerings lack), and ingenuity through simple things.

and all that too in just 27 MB (for Geany 1.38) (Kate: 67 MB, VSCodium: 80-95 MB)

There are some missing things in geany too - pro'lly biggest of 'em being lack of LSP support. Other one being this issue: #3319 - Rest is all bearable.
And a small nitpick i have (i am not saying to change it, just bringing in notice): a jin, or geany is not considered something good in this side of the world, i don't want any ghost or spirit with me. so, i wish there could have been a better name. But it's ohkay.

Thanks a lot for providing such a simple yet super customisable, perfect BALANCE of the things editor. Lots of love.

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