[Github-comments] [geany/geany] cannot save changes in geany.conf (#2462)

[Matthew Brush]

>From [the Manual](https://www.geany.org/manual/current/index.html):

> The user preferences file geany.conf holds settings for all the items configured in the preferences dialog. This file should not be edited while Geany is running as the file will be overwritten when the preferences in Geany are changed or Geany is quit.

In this particular case you can just set the preference from the GUI under Preferences->Various.

If you really really want to edit the config file without using another editor, run Geany with a separate/temporary configuration directory (ex. `geany -c /tmp/deleteme`) and use that to edit the original config file from the main configuration directory.

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