Also, you can try adding something like this to snippets.conf (Tools->Configuration files):

[Lua] if=if %cursor% then\n\t%cursor% else=else\n\t

You will need to add a keybinding (Preferences dialog) to 'Move cursor in snippet' — I use Shift+Tab.

So in this example, you would type if, then press tab, then type the condition, then type Shift+Tab (or whatever keybinding you use) to automatically insert a new line and indent. Same for else; hit tab after typing it and you will get a free newline with your tab. :)

Hope this helps, also, good luck with recovery from your stroke.

James

On 09/11/13 19:56, James Brierley wrote:

Hi Doug,

For a start, try copying filetypes.lua from /usr/share/geany to $HOME/.config/geany/filedefs, and uncommenting the indentation options (set them to tab width 2, I think that’s Lua style). Then when you type 'do' or 'function' or whatever and indent, every successive line will be at that indentation level.

Hope this helps,

James

On 09/11/13 19:08, Doug Darrow wrote:

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I've been using Geany on Ubuntu 'Precise' 12.04 for a year (both 1.21 and now 1.23.1 since it came out). I'm no programmer ( far from it!) and I've only gotten my hands and fingers to work well enough, since my stroke, to have any competence at typing. The big thing I liked in Scite was its ability to automatically indent based on Lua rules. I can't even get that to work in Scite now. Is there any way to do that with Geany? Can I set it to indent such lines as 'for' or 'do' and, possibly, UNindent 'end' lines? I mean short of C coding. I've tried fiddling with all the settings in Preferences but I'm just not competent enough to make the auto indentation work for Lua. (It's a struggle just to make Lua do what I want)

Thanks for any help or trying to help. Doug _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users