On 24 July 2017 at 07:54, Ben bendov@gmx.com wrote:
I notice in Geany 1.27 (Mint 18.1 repo) it doesn't save search terms. Which is fine, especially between sessions.
It saves search terms during sessions though.
In Geany, I take it there's also no "clear recent documents?" (you can set the # of listed recent docs in the config file).
Correct
I don't know if it's designed never to save search or "find & replace" history, or if I edited some file and don't remember it. There definitely aren't any menu or prefs for "don't save search history" - or such.
There are no settings in any Geany files to control any of this, that I see. It's OK - I'm just surprised. Most apps save some history and you have to find a way to delete it, if need to.
There are no settings in Geany because it does not save them between sessions.
If I edited something in Geany's files to not save search history and forgot what I did, I'd like to see if there's a way to apply it to Mint's text editor.
That would be unlikely, different editors store stuff differently.
In Linux Mint, the default text editor is XED. I could easily change it to another editor - even Geany, that doesn't save search history or can clear it. XED has no preferences to not save history; no way to clear it.
XED's Search & "replace with" terms are stored in a binary file - "user." The only way to delete those entries is using the tool, dconf-editor, which isn't that convenient on a regular basis.
If XED uses dconf then it isn't in any way compatible with Geany.
Cheers Lex
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