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<p>since running the binary in geany without debugging does not require it.</p>
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<p>Actually it does, see <code>Build->Set Build Commands</code> its just that it defaults to the directory of the open document if nothing is specified.  Which is not always sensible.</p>
<p>So using the directory of the specified executable as default when nothing is specified makes sense.</p>

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