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<p>I wonder how I could modify, compile and run it in parallel besides the Debian repos version, any tips?</p>
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<p>Clone the source from Git and run <code>autogen.sh --prefix=$HOME/wherever/you/like</code>, then <code>make install</code>, then run it like <code>$HOME/wherever/you/like/bin/geany</code>.</p>
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<p>Besides, how do you guys handle the GUI part of Geany? It seems they are coded directly and without any visible aid like Anjuta or the like.</p>
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<p>It's a mix. Most of the GUI is done using <a href="https://github.com/geany/geany/blob/1.31.0/data/geany.glade">Glade</a>, but there is also some (too much) which is just hard-coded.</p>

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