@pgram1 did you read the comment [above](https://github.com/geany/geany/issues/1757#issuecomment-362868750) and also [this](https://github.com/geany/geany/issues/1757#issuecomment-426463375) one.
If you have a solution that does not involve environment variables please contribute it, but please don't just keep demanding "somebody" does it for you.