I tried it and... well I can just do that with a browser.<br>
Also when WebHelper is configured for a separate window that window hogs the viewport.In other words you can not get at Geany anymore.<br>
I find this Plug-In worthless.<br>
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    On Wednesday, August 8, 2018, 10:12:11 AM EDT, Colomban Wendling &lt;notifications@github.com&gt; wrote:  <br>
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WebHelper is not exactly a preview for your currently edited HTML file.<br>
Most web development nowadays are a lot more than one HTML file, the page delivered to the client is usually generated a way or another; so it is seldom enough to simply display the page you&#39;re editing. Because of this, the WebHelper plugin is displaying a URI of your choice (here in your example, it&#39;s displaying about:blank), which can be any scheme supported by WebKit: http, file, etc.<br>
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It was suggested to add a feature to ease displaying the currently edited file, but there was not enough interest for anybody to implement it.<br>
If you wanted real-time update (instead of having to save the file first), one could investigate the idea of loading a data URI that changes dynamically, or any other available mean through the WebKit API.<br>
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Anyway, basically to see you page you need to make the WebHelper URI point to file:///home/caltrop/Web Page/LINUX.htm.<br>
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