FAQ (was Re: [Geany] Adding New Languages/Filetypes)

[John Gabriele]

On Dec 28, 2007 11:22 AM, Nick Treleaven <nick.treleaven at btinternet.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 08:31:30 -0500
> "John Gabriele" <jmg3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Faustin,
> >
> > This question comes up a lot. Maybe there should be a short faq page
> > on the Geany site, in addition to the manual.
>
> Good idea. I started one on the website:
> http://geany.uvena.de/Documentation/FAQ

Hi Nick,

Looks good. One minor change you might add:

=== 8< ===
        Q: How do I get my question answered? (^)

        A: Please first have a look at our comprehensive <Manual>. If
that doesn't answer your question, feel free to ask on the <mailing
list>. An alternative way is to leave your question on the <Questions>
page.
=== >8 ===

Actually, what's the point of the "Questions" page?

Also, here's a few more possible faq entries:

Q. Can I extend Geany myself?
A. Yes! You can write your own Geany plug-ins in C. If you install the
optional Lua plug-in, you can also write your plug-ins in <Lua>.

Q. Can I make Geany behave like Emacs|Vim?
A. As its default, Geany uses the standard GTK+ keybindings that most
desktop users are familiar with. Although you can remap *most*
keybindings to suit your taste, Geany cannot currently fully emulate
Emacs or Vim, nor is it currently a goal of the core project
developers to make it do so.

Q. Can Geany show me multiple files at the same time?
A. Geany provides a tabbed main editor window, but currently does not
have split windows. However, there are keybindings to quickly switch
between tabs. Geany also has built-in support for using tags.

Q. Does Geany have incremental search?
A. Case-insensitive forward incremental search is via the *search*
field in the toolbar. For reverse incremental search, start a forward
search then use your key for "Find Previous".

---John