Newsletter-Commits April 2011

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<newsletter:master> delete unneccessary lines from the style.css
by Dominic Hopf 22 Apr '11

22 Apr '11

Updating branch refs/heads/master to 5746fee4f50ce9015cfed2ff58c03122ab7140a1 (commit) from 639b39f589400baf298921aef530948635199d27 (commit) commit 5746fee4f50ce9015cfed2ff58c03122ab7140a1 Author: Dominic Hopf <dmaphy(a)fedoraproject.org> Date: Sat Apr 23 02:07:05 2011 +0200 delete unneccessary lines from the style.css style.css | 6 ------ 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/style.css b/style.css index f2976db..13ac26a 100644 --- a/style.css +++ b/style.css @@ -6,12 +6,6 @@ .phvb8t-x-x-104{font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: bold;} .ecrm-1728{font-size:141%;} .ectt-1200{ font-family: monospace;} -.ectt-1200{ font-family: monospace;} -.ectt-1200{ font-family: monospace;} -.ectt-1200{ font-family: monospace;} -.ecbx-1200{ font-weight: bold;} -.ecbx-1200{ font-weight: bold;} -.ecbx-1200{ font-weight: bold;} .ecbx-1200{ font-weight: bold;} p.noindent { text-indent: 0em } td p.noindent { text-indent: 0em; margin-top:0em; }

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<newsletter:master> Marked sections with their correct markup
by Russell Dickenson 18 Apr '11

18 Apr '11

Updating branch refs/heads/master to 639b39f589400baf298921aef530948635199d27 (commit) from 5595e54291477ecbe5cc8280b1ad42ab7267c1b5 (commit) commit 639b39f589400baf298921aef530948635199d27 Author: Russell Dickenson <russelldickenson(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon Apr 18 22:12:00 2011 +1000 Marked sections with their correct markup modified: newsletter_2.rst vol_2/newsletter_2.rst | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst b/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst index 8a65853..023c094 100644 --- a/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst +++ b/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst @@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ judge for yourself if this plugin might make your use of Geany easier and more productive. Auto Save +######### .. image:: ../img/issue2_saveactions_1.png @@ -191,6 +192,7 @@ interval is 300 seconds, which is 5 minutes, but you might prefer to set a longer or shorter interval. Instant Save +############ .. image:: ../img/issue2_saveactions_2.png @@ -202,6 +204,7 @@ the plugin, configure new files to be treated as Python and Geany's full Python support is available when the file's created. Backup Copy +########### .. image:: ../img/issue2_saveactions_3.png

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<newsletter:master> Merge branch 'master' of git+ssh://git.geany.org/git/newsletter
by Russell Dickenson 18 Apr '11

18 Apr '11

Updating branch refs/heads/master to 5595e54291477ecbe5cc8280b1ad42ab7267c1b5 (commit) from f774a2aec1a64552dcc87a3e568fe4edff10069d (commit) commit 5595e54291477ecbe5cc8280b1ad42ab7267c1b5 Merge: f774a2a 9c3ef34 Author: Russell Dickenson <russelldickenson(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon Apr 18 22:00:57 2011 +1000 Merge branch 'master' of git+ssh://git.geany.org/git/newsletter commit 9c3ef34d064fbd26fd1a3c0f87a1b4b28e9a1d09 Author: Frank Lanitz <frank(a)frank.uvena.de> Date: Sun Apr 17 15:19:24 2011 +0200 Small update to try to reflect refactoring of geanycfp plugin with its new childs. Still some work need at end when William's work is done. commit fed15dc89d3950077a749bce34dbaecf07220bbc Author: Frank Lanitz <frank(a)frank.uvena.de> Date: Sun Apr 17 15:12:25 2011 +0200 Add a stub for geanyVC stats commit b8acb06fcf1609b9c49e258901b4e3e60bd03bdf Author: Frank Lanitz <frank(a)frank.uvena.de> Date: Tue Apr 12 21:27:03 2011 +0200 Fix a minor typo commit 9c825cdcce948f4ca145972c4053b2cc62dba682 Author: Frank Lanitz <frank(a)frank.uvena.de> Date: Tue Apr 12 21:25:47 2011 +0200 Fix path for images. Still pending is configuring of image size on pdf creation vol_2/newsletter_2.rst | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst b/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst index 9313fa1..8a65853 100644 --- a/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst +++ b/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ To enable automatic detection of indentation width, open the Preferences dialog and check `Detect width from file` in the `Editor->Indentation` section. + Fixes to template encoding ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ @@ -77,12 +78,23 @@ New plugins geanycfp ******** +Back in January, William Frasser added with +geanycfp a new plugin which added a couple of new functions to +Geany's plugin pool which might be interesting to users. + +Remembering fold states: + +By default, Geany does not remember the status of folding when +reloading a file e.g. on startup. This can be annoying if you have a +huge number of nested structures e.g. inside an XML-document. This +feature helps you to remember these states so you don't need to fold +up after loading. -Back in January, William Frasser added with geanycfp a new plugin -which added a couple of new functions to Geany's plugin pool -which might be interesting to users. +After some time this plugin has bee splitted up into +GeanyNumberedBookmarks and GeanyMacro. -Numbered Bookmarks: +GeanyNumberedBookmarks +###################### The plugin adds an option to store bookmarks in files and directly access them via a keybinding. @@ -94,7 +106,9 @@ number then it removes the bookmark, otherwise it will move the bookmark there if it was set on a different line, or create it if it had not already been set. -Macros: + +GeanyMacro +########## Macros are well known from other tools. Users of Photoshop are always saying how amazing the batch processing is for @@ -105,13 +119,7 @@ could be very helpful if you e.g. need to remove the last two letters of a line and search & replace or rectangle selection are not able to solve the request. -Remembering fold states: -By default, Geany does not remember the status of folding when -reloading a file e.g. on startup. This can be annoying if you have a -huge number of nested structures e.g. inside an XML-document. This -feature helps you to remember these states so you don't need to -fold up after loading. @@ -149,6 +157,9 @@ upstream. Geany is no longer required to use the previously mentioned trick, and so the plugin will be re-enabled for the Windows build, with equivalent functionality as it has on other platforms. +A view onto GeanyVC usage +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + Let us introduce you... ======================= @@ -162,9 +173,9 @@ Plugin Focus Save Actions ************ -The Save Actions plugin adds options available to you when saving files, +The Save Actions plugin adds options available to you when saving files, including: Auto Save, Instant Save and Backup Copy. Each of the options -can be enabled idepdendently of the others but they can be even more +can be enabled interdependently of the others but they can be even more powerful when used in combination. Read on, discover their functions, and judge for yourself if this plugin might make your use of Geany easier and more productive. @@ -194,16 +205,16 @@ Backup Copy .. image:: ../img/issue2_saveactions_3.png -Backup Copy will keep backup copies of files as you save them. Instead of -cluttering the file's own directory, the backups are stored in a specific -directory. So that you can identify when each backup was created, the backup +Backup Copy will keep backup copies of files as you save them. Instead of +cluttering the file's own directory, the backups are stored in a specific +directory. So that you can identify when each backup was created, the backup files have the current date and time added to the end of their names, with the date and time format being configurable. To make finding your backups even easier there is even an option to recreate the directory structure in which the current file is stored. -When combined with the Auto Save option, the Backup Copy option can provide -a basic form of versioning with a backup copy of your file(s) every time +When combined with the Auto Save option, the Backup Copy option can provide +a basic form of versioning with a backup copy of your file(s) every time they were saved. A version control system such as git, Subversion or Mercurial is definitely recommended instead when possible.

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<newsletter:master> Addition of Feature Focus section
by Russell Dickenson 18 Apr '11

18 Apr '11

Updating branch refs/heads/master to f774a2aec1a64552dcc87a3e568fe4edff10069d (commit) from bfdad0e0e10d8f2feffed9de315530561ee32866 (commit) commit f774a2aec1a64552dcc87a3e568fe4edff10069d Author: Russell Dickenson <russelldickenson(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon Apr 18 21:59:46 2011 +1000 Addition of Feature Focus section new file: ../img/issue2_appendtoolbartothemenu_1.png new file: ../img/issue2_appendtoolbartothemenu_2.png modified: newsletter_2.rst img/issue2_appendtoolbartothemenu_1.png | Bin 0 -> 19917 bytes img/issue2_appendtoolbartothemenu_2.png | Bin 0 -> 18262 bytes vol_2/newsletter_2.rst | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/img/issue2_appendtoolbartothemenu_1.png b/img/issue2_appendtoolbartothemenu_1.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..36ec564 Binary files /dev/null and b/img/issue2_appendtoolbartothemenu_1.png differ diff --git a/img/issue2_appendtoolbartothemenu_2.png b/img/issue2_appendtoolbartothemenu_2.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..decb72d Binary files /dev/null and b/img/issue2_appendtoolbartothemenu_2.png differ diff --git a/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst b/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst index 61cfa27..9313fa1 100644 --- a/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst +++ b/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ more productive. Auto Save -.. image:: img/issue2_saveactions_1.png +.. image:: ../img/issue2_saveactions_1.png Auto Save provides an option to automatically save either the current file or all open files at a defined interval. It can be very useful if you @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ a longer or shorter interval. Instant Save -.. image:: img/issue2_saveactions_2.png +.. image:: ../img/issue2_saveactions_2.png Instant Save aims to make it easier to make use of Geany's file-specific features with newly-created files. With this plugin activated you can @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ Python support is available when the file's created. Backup Copy -.. image:: img/issue2_saveactions_3.png +.. image:: ../img/issue2_saveactions_3.png Backup Copy will keep backup copies of files as you save them. Instead of cluttering the file's own directory, the backups are stored in a specific @@ -211,8 +211,37 @@ is definitely recommended instead when possible. Feature Focus ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -FIXME -***** +Append Toolbar to the Menu +************************** + +The popularity of the netbook means that many people are looking at screens +which are less than the desktop PC sizes of 15 inch and above. A netbook's +screen format is usually widescreen, so vertical space is more limited than +horizontal space. If you navigate to Edit > Preferences you'll find an option +titled "Append Toolbar to the Menu". Checking this option will result in the +toolbar being moved from below the menu bar to beside it, resulting in more +vertical space being available. + +Before + +.. image:: ../img/issue2_appendtoolbartothemenu_1.png + +After + +.. image:: ../img/issue2_appendtoolbartothemenu_2.png + + +Other screen-space-saving tips +****************************** + +Geany has several other options which increase the amount of room available +for the editing pane. In the View menu you'll find an option titled "Toggle +all Additional Widgets" which hides all elements of the user interface except +for the menu bar and scrollbars. Also in the View menu is an option titled +"Fullscreen" which maximises the Geany window to take up the entire screen, +also turning off the window's titlebar and borders. This view can be +especially useful if you want to minimise distractions from other +applications. Geany Universe

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<newsletter:master> Small update to try to reflect refactoring of geanycfp plugin with its new childs.
by Frank Lanitz 17 Apr '11

17 Apr '11

Updating branch refs/heads/master to 9c3ef34d064fbd26fd1a3c0f87a1b4b28e9a1d09 (commit) from fed15dc89d3950077a749bce34dbaecf07220bbc (commit) commit 9c3ef34d064fbd26fd1a3c0f87a1b4b28e9a1d09 Author: Frank Lanitz <frank(a)frank.uvena.de> Date: Sun Apr 17 15:19:24 2011 +0200 Small update to try to reflect refactoring of geanycfp plugin with its new childs. Still some work need at end when William's work is done. vol_2/newsletter_2.rst | 30 +++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst b/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst index a0b1127..77588bc 100644 --- a/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst +++ b/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ To enable automatic detection of indentation width, open the Preferences dialog and check `Detect width from file` in the `Editor->Indentation` section. + Fixes to template encoding ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ @@ -77,12 +78,23 @@ New plugins geanycfp ******** +Back in January, William Frasser added with +geanycfp a new plugin which added a couple of new functions to +Geany's plugin pool which might be interesting to users. + +Remembering fold states: + +By default, Geany does not remember the status of folding when +reloading a file e.g. on startup. This can be annoying if you have a +huge number of nested structures e.g. inside an XML-document. This +feature helps you to remember these states so you don't need to fold +up after loading. -Back in January, William Frasser added with geanycfp a new plugin -which added a couple of new functions to Geany's plugin pool -which might be interesting to users. +After some time this plugin has bee splitted up into +GeanyNumberedBookmarks and GeanyMacro. -Numbered Bookmarks: +GeanyNumberedBookmarks +###################### The plugin adds an option to store bookmarks in files and directly access them via a keybinding. @@ -94,7 +106,9 @@ number then it removes the bookmark, otherwise it will move the bookmark there if it was set on a different line, or create it if it had not already been set. -Macros: + +GeanyMacro +########## Macros are well known from other tools. Users of Photoshop are always saying how amazing the batch processing is for @@ -105,13 +119,7 @@ could be very helpful if you e.g. need to remove the last two letters of a line and search & replace or rectangle selection are not able to solve the request. -Remembering fold states: -By default, Geany does not remember the status of folding when -reloading a file e.g. on startup. This can be annoying if you have a -huge number of nested structures e.g. inside an XML-document. This -feature helps you to remember these states so you don't need to -fold up after loading.

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<newsletter:master> Add a stub for geanyVC stats
by Frank Lanitz 17 Apr '11

17 Apr '11

Updating branch refs/heads/master to fed15dc89d3950077a749bce34dbaecf07220bbc (commit) from b8acb06fcf1609b9c49e258901b4e3e60bd03bdf (commit) commit fed15dc89d3950077a749bce34dbaecf07220bbc Author: Frank Lanitz <frank(a)frank.uvena.de> Date: Sun Apr 17 15:12:25 2011 +0200 Add a stub for geanyVC stats vol_2/newsletter_2.rst | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst b/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst index 9f6d504..a0b1127 100644 --- a/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst +++ b/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst @@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ upstream. Geany is no longer required to use the previously mentioned trick, and so the plugin will be re-enabled for the Windows build, with equivalent functionality as it has on other platforms. +A view onto GeanyVC usage +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + Let us introduce you... =======================

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<newsletter:master> Fix a minor typo
by Frank Lanitz 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

Updating branch refs/heads/master to b8acb06fcf1609b9c49e258901b4e3e60bd03bdf (commit) from 9c825cdcce948f4ca145972c4053b2cc62dba682 (commit) commit b8acb06fcf1609b9c49e258901b4e3e60bd03bdf Author: Frank Lanitz <frank(a)frank.uvena.de> Date: Tue Apr 12 21:27:03 2011 +0200 Fix a minor typo vol_2/newsletter_2.rst | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst b/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst index da62d92..9f6d504 100644 --- a/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst +++ b/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Save Actions The Save Actions plugin adds options available to you when saving files, including: Auto Save, Instant Save and Backup Copy. Each of the options -can be enabled idepdendently of the others but they can be even more +can be enabled interdependently of the others but they can be even more powerful when used in combination. Read on, discover their functions, and judge for yourself if this plugin might make your use of Geany easier and more productive.

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<newsletter:master> Fix path for images.
by Frank Lanitz 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

Updating branch refs/heads/master to 9c825cdcce948f4ca145972c4053b2cc62dba682 (commit) from bfdad0e0e10d8f2feffed9de315530561ee32866 (commit) commit 9c825cdcce948f4ca145972c4053b2cc62dba682 Author: Frank Lanitz <frank(a)frank.uvena.de> Date: Tue Apr 12 21:25:47 2011 +0200 Fix path for images. Still pending is configuring of image size on pdf creation vol_2/newsletter_2.rst | 18 +++++++++--------- 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst b/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst index 61cfa27..da62d92 100644 --- a/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst +++ b/vol_2/newsletter_2.rst @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ Plugin Focus Save Actions ************ -The Save Actions plugin adds options available to you when saving files, +The Save Actions plugin adds options available to you when saving files, including: Auto Save, Instant Save and Backup Copy. Each of the options can be enabled idepdendently of the others but they can be even more powerful when used in combination. Read on, discover their functions, and @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ more productive. Auto Save -.. image:: img/issue2_saveactions_1.png +.. image:: ../img/issue2_saveactions_1.png Auto Save provides an option to automatically save either the current file or all open files at a defined interval. It can be very useful if you @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ a longer or shorter interval. Instant Save -.. image:: img/issue2_saveactions_2.png +.. image:: ../img/issue2_saveactions_2.png Instant Save aims to make it easier to make use of Geany's file-specific features with newly-created files. With this plugin activated you can @@ -192,18 +192,18 @@ Python support is available when the file's created. Backup Copy -.. image:: img/issue2_saveactions_3.png +.. image:: ../img/issue2_saveactions_3.png -Backup Copy will keep backup copies of files as you save them. Instead of -cluttering the file's own directory, the backups are stored in a specific -directory. So that you can identify when each backup was created, the backup +Backup Copy will keep backup copies of files as you save them. Instead of +cluttering the file's own directory, the backups are stored in a specific +directory. So that you can identify when each backup was created, the backup files have the current date and time added to the end of their names, with the date and time format being configurable. To make finding your backups even easier there is even an option to recreate the directory structure in which the current file is stored. -When combined with the Auto Save option, the Backup Copy option can provide -a basic form of versioning with a backup copy of your file(s) every time +When combined with the Auto Save option, the Backup Copy option can provide +a basic form of versioning with a backup copy of your file(s) every time they were saved. A version control system such as git, Subversion or Mercurial is definitely recommended instead when possible.

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<newsletter:website> Level heading one level down at About page
by Frank Lanitz 08 Apr '11

08 Apr '11

Updating branch refs/heads/website to b58b39fd170eb68b6d36d07c3ea999b8a78397d2 (commit) from b20d37c9c586b46a7397dc43fddea392f1070730 (commit) commit b58b39fd170eb68b6d36d07c3ea999b8a78397d2 Author: Frank Lanitz <frank(a)frank.uvena.de> Date: Fri Apr 8 19:08:29 2011 +0200 Level heading one level down at About page content/about.html | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/about.html b/content/about.html index 876bd0e..7641b28 100644 --- a/content/about.html +++ b/content/about.html @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -<h1>About Geany Newsletter</h1> +<h2>About Geany Newsletter</h2> -<h2>Goal and intention of the newsletter</h2> +<h3>Goal and intention of the newsletter</h3> <p>The Geany newsletter is a cooperate work of people around Geany — Developers, translators or just users and fans of Geany.</p> @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ environment around Geany. Beside giving the updates its also a goal of the newsletter to tell users about intersting features of Geany itself or of one of its plugins.</p> -<h2>Authors</h2> +<h3>Authors</h3> <p>Everybody is free to contribute to the newsletter.</p> <p>If you like to contribute to the newsletter, make a request or

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<newsletter:master> Merge branch 'website'
by Frank Lanitz 08 Apr '11

08 Apr '11

Updating branch refs/heads/master to 805ebaaa43be37d38e5f2c8ff0976523892e4b3f (commit) from b8c78cee7928fb8ac4191ba35417d008497682d0 (commit) commit 805ebaaa43be37d38e5f2c8ff0976523892e4b3f Merge: b8c78ce b58b39f Author: Frank Lanitz <frank(a)frank.uvena.de> Date: Fri Apr 8 19:11:14 2011 +0200 Merge branch 'website' commit b58b39fd170eb68b6d36d07c3ea999b8a78397d2 Author: Frank Lanitz <frank(a)frank.uvena.de> Date: Fri Apr 8 19:08:29 2011 +0200 Level heading one level down at About page

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