[Github-comments] [geany/geany] Easier project creation (#2245)

[Chris Graham]

Hi, I'm coming from TextMate 2 on Mac, and TextMate does a great job with projects - by essentially making it invisible (frictionless).
You just open a folder, and that folder automatically becomes a project.

Geany could easily do something similar in my opinion. I don't know if the GNOME file picker allows you to pick either a directory or file, but if so, just do that and automatically create a new project file with the same name as the directory you 'Open'. If not, just have a separate "Project -> New from folder" menu option that is for choosing a directory.

If you implement this it will really make using Geany a lot nicer. Imagine being able to open up any random git clone you did and having everything 'just work'. Especially if you have the .editorconfig plugin installed.

Failing that, you could at least remove a little friction from the New Project form. I think if the path in the 'Filename' option is changed, it should automatically adjust the 'Base path' to match it.

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