[Geany-devel] Is the field "type" of struct GeanyProject used somewhere

[Matthew Brush]

On 12/30/2011 08:28 AM, Johann SAUNIER wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to hack geanyprj plugin to add the current project's name
> in the main window's title bar, the same way gproject does.
>
> What I plan to do is using the field "name" of the GeanyProject
> structure. This struct contains a field named "type" that means
> "Identifier whether it is a pure Geany project or modified/extended by
> a plugin. " but I can't find out where it is used. Any idea ?
>

I don't think you're supposed to modify the members like `project->name` 
even though it's not documented or enforced. I'm not sure how GProject 
does it but a quick scan of the source suggests it doesn't modify this 
member (I didn't look too close though). Maybe Jiri can say for sure how 
GProject does it.

For the `project->type` member, I have no idea what it's for, but it's 
not used by Geany or any plugins from what I can tell. I'd say just 
ignore it or file a bug report that it should be deprecated or better 
documented.

Cheers,
Matthew Brush