@LiquidCake Thanks for the updates! I definitely like that the temp files are preserved across project opens/closes and it seems to work very well for me.

Some more observations when playing with the feature:

when closing a temp file and choosing "Save", I'd suggest using some other default directory than the one where temp files are stored so users aren't tempted to store the files there (and be surprised by the consequences if they choose a gtemp_x file name)
since all temp files are opened on session load, there could be one more option in the dialog asking what to do when closing a temp file - "Close". This would just close the temp file but keep it saved on the disk. I can imagine it could be useful when someone is not interested to see the temp file for some project but still wants to keep it for other projects. I'd also maybe rename "Don't save" to "Delete" so it's clear the contents of the tab is lost.
it would be worth considering whether create_new_temp_file_name() shouldn't rather iterate over integers and test whether gtemp_i exists - this way, when e.g. gtemp_5 is open and all other temp files closed, gtemp_1-4 file names could be reused again for new tabs
I'm not completely sure if utils_is_file_writable() should be part of Geany's API. Personally I'd rather sacrifice this check and not bloat Geany's API with another random function.

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