Hi, Zhenech

You said in IRC, that Geany is the best and I should terminate my project.

I can't stand and will troll you back ...   ;)

I found few problems while have been using Geany:

1. I tried to hide tabs and use list of files. But, when I switch files with Ctrl+Up/Down, focus in the list is moved not Up/Down but in some random order.It is terrible. I hate tabs, but, without it I can't switch files(((

2. After file has been changed on disk, Geany does not show it with icon. I don't know, that file has been changed, until activated it.

3. When I activate file, changed on disk, Geany interrupts me with modal dialogue, even if now I just want to move to next file after changed one.

4. How do I make case sensetive incremental search? Reg exp incremental search?

5. Main menu are the most easy way for new user to discover features and shortcuts, but F4, F2, ... shortcuts are not discoverable in the main menu

6. When searching in directory, mksv3 shows tree with matches, highlighted with yellow. It is much more readable, than dumped grep output in Geany

7. Jump to console and open files with "geany /file/path" command is cool. It what I was missing in all GUI editors I've used before. But, mksv3 Locator with Tab completion is even better, because it effectively uses modern GUI to show more useful information

8. When cursor is just before highlighted bracket, and I type symbol, highlighting disappears and appears again. This flickering is verry annoying. QScintilla doesn't have such problem.

9. MkS also was having a toolbar with buttons. Than I understood, that it just wastes space on the screen, All experienced users use shortcuts. It seems, I can remove all buttons from the toolbar and append incremental search lineedit to menu line. But, software should be configured as well as possible out of the box

10. MkS also was using Fx buttons for move focus to additional widgets, than I understood, that Alt+{first letter of widget name} is easier for remembering and quicker for pressing

I type "#include <bla" in the top of file, white Symbols tree is replaced with "Not tags found" message on dark background. When I swith to empty file, also "No tags found". This white/black background flickering makes me crazy

11. Geany uses main menu to switch current file indentation mode. IMHO it is better to use status bar button, which is both indicator and switcher. I spend about 1 min to find item in the main menu and now don't remember, where it is located.

Probably, I listed some problems here, because I don't know something. I haven't read the manual, and have little experience with Geany. But, even if it is so, anyway it is Geany problem, because software must be intuitive and simple. People don't like reading docs.

All problems, I listed here, are quite easy to fix.

Some of it are controversial. What is habitual for me might be not habitual for other people.

Probably, Geany developers will fix some problems after reading this email.

I would join the project and fix it themselves, if it hadn't 1 really critical problem:

    Coding in C is very slow. Scintilla and Geany can't make progress quickly

I like Geany. It is probably the best editor I've ever used. Now it is better than mksv3, because it has much more features.

But, all features, which are implemented in mksv3, are implemented better, than in Geany. And, mksv3 makes progress quicker.

geany is the best - TRUE

I should terminate mksv3 - FALSE

Andrei