Hi,
The default syntax highlighting orange color for strings IMO looks bad. I wish you would change that default for many languages.
Couldn't you just throw people who like windows editors a bone and have a GUI for syntax highlighting instead of editing a file?
Thanks.
On 12-05-25 12:11 PM, Lee Gold wrote:
Hi,
The default syntax highlighting orange color for strings IMO looks bad. I wish you would change that default for many languages.
You could change it in your config file[1].
Couldn't you just throw people who like windows editors a bone and have a GUI for syntax highlighting instead of editing a file?
Probably, it's just a SMOP :)
Cheers, Matthew Brush
[1] https://github.com/geany/geany/blob/master/data/filetypes.common#L149
On Fri, 25 May 2012 17:08:05 -0700 Matthew Brush mbrush@codebrainz.ca wrote:
You could change it in your config file[1].
Could you give me a quick pointer has to how to change the orange string text for php files.
I had a look at the geany config files in /usr/share and in ~.config/geany but there doesn't appear to be anything there I can just quickly change to remove the orange.
On 12-05-29 08:43 AM, John wrote:
On Fri, 25 May 2012 17:08:05 -0700 Matthew Brushmbrush@codebrainz.ca wrote:
You could change it in your config file[1].
Could you give me a quick pointer has to how to change the orange string text for php files.
I had a look at the geany config files in /usr/share and in ~.config/geany but there doesn't appear to be anything there I can just quickly change to remove the orange.
With the development version, it's where I pointed to originally, for the last release, it's here in this file:
https://github.com/geany/geany/blob/0.21.0/data/filetypes.xml#L44
You'll probably want to:
$ cp PREFIX/share/geany/filetypes.xml ~/.config/fildefs/
So you don't mess with system files. I think the manual has some info about this.
Cheers, Matthew Brush
Hi,
The default syntax highlighting orange color for strings IMO makes things hard to see. Again, the default for many languages is bright orange!?
I continue to wish for a built-in GUI to easily change hi-lite colors. What is the aversion to this? Is it a purist thing, like emacs users wanting to have you config it in LISP?
Geany is great IMO because it breaks away the traditional drudgery of *nix editors and let's me concentrate immediately on programming on my project - *not* spending time on learning an arcane config process for an arcane editor.
Thanks.
On 26 October 2012 22:36, Lee Gold leegold@operamail.com wrote:
Hi,
The default syntax highlighting orange color for strings IMO makes things hard to see. Again, the default for many languages is bright orange!?
I continue to wish for a built-in GUI to easily change hi-lite colors. What is the aversion to this? Is it a purist thing, like emacs users wanting to have you config it in LISP?
Geany is great IMO because it breaks away the traditional drudgery of *nix editors and let's me concentrate immediately on programming on my project - *not* spending time on learning an arcane config process for an arcane editor.
Hi Lee,
There is no "aversion" to a GUI for editing highlighting colours, but there are a lot of settings and it would be a big GUI. Its just that all developers are volunteers and nobody has felt the need for it strongly enough for them to place it above other things they want to do. Particularly given the size of the effort involved.
But if someone wants to contribute it, that would be fine.
Since the colour scheme config files are stand alone files there is no reason that the GUI could not be a standalone application, allowing someone to implement it in their preferred language if they were not expert in GTK/C.
Cheers Lex
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On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 7:50 AM, Lex Trotman elextr@gmail.com wrote:
Since the colour scheme config files are stand alone files there is no reason that the GUI could not be a standalone application, allowing someone to implement it in their preferred language if they were not expert in GTK/C.
I don't know whether this is implied by Lex's comment, but presumably this could also be a candidate for a plug-in (so kind of somewhere between stand-alone and built-in).
John
Am 26.10.2012 16:25, schrieb John Yeung:
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 7:50 AM, Lex Trotman elextr@gmail.com wrote:
Since the colour scheme config files are stand alone files there is no reason that the GUI could not be a standalone application, allowing someone to implement it in their preferred language if they were not expert in GTK/C.
I don't know whether this is implied by Lex's comment, but presumably this could also be a candidate for a plug-in (so kind of somewhere between stand-alone and built-in).
Yes, I can be also a plugin. But there is no reason to it have to be.
Cheers, Frank
Am 27.10.2012 14:34, schrieb Frank Lanitz:
Am 26.10.2012 16:25, schrieb John Yeung:
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 7:50 AM, Lex Trotman elextr@gmail.com wrote:
Since the colour scheme config files are stand alone files there is no reason that the GUI could not be a standalone application, allowing someone to implement it in their preferred language if they were not expert in GTK/C.
I don't know whether this is implied by Lex's comment, but presumably this could also be a candidate for a plug-in (so kind of somewhere between stand-alone and built-in).
Yes, I can be also a plugin. But there is no reason to it have to be.
Cheers, Frank
Didn't someone make a website for this a while back? A plugin (or stand-alone app) could render this webpage locally. With webkit and a plugin, it could even be drawn inside the Geany main window.
Best regards.
Am 26.10.2012 13:50, schrieb Lex Trotman:
There is no "aversion" to a GUI for editing highlighting colours, but there are a lot of settings and it would be a big GUI. Its just that all developers are volunteers and nobody has felt the need for it strongly enough for them to place it above other things they want to do. Particularly given the size of the effort involved.
But if someone wants to contribute it, that would be fine.
Effort I gues will be around between 2 and 5 coding days.
Since the colour scheme config files are stand alone files there is no reason that the GUI could not be a standalone application, allowing someone to implement it in their preferred language if they were not expert in GTK/C.
IIRC there have been a script in past which was able to do something like that. Unfortuantely I don't remember the name.
Cheers, Frank
On 12-10-26 04:36 AM, Lee Gold wrote:
Hi,
The default syntax highlighting orange color for strings IMO makes things hard to see. Again, the default for many languages is bright orange!?
It looks fine to me since Nick tweaked it[1]. If you disagree, please suggest a more suitable color.
Cheers, Matthew Brush
[1] https://github.com/geany/geany/commit/8bb24011b6be4996ea141c6eaa338e3cdd00fa...
Am 26.10.2012 13:36, schrieb Lee Gold:
Hi,
The default syntax highlighting orange color for strings IMO makes things hard to see. Again, the default for many languages is bright orange!?
I continue to wish for a built-in GUI to easily change hi-lite colors. What is the aversion to this? Is it a purist thing, like emacs users wanting to have you config it in LISP?
It's more nobody did some GUI and brought to a big popularity for it by now. There were some approaches e.g. with geany-themes project or some some scripts helping you but from what I can say, none of the became really popular at users side.
Cheers, Frank