[Geany] looking for these features

[Nick Treleaven]

On 02/16/2007 09:38:38 PM, John Gabriele wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm curious if Geany has (or has plans to add) the following features:
> 
> * Can I insert text from file. I use this for various template
> snippets I have hanging around. I tried just dropping one of these
> snippet files into ~/.geany/templates, but it doesn't automatically
> show up in "Edit --> Insert Comments". I think it would be nice to
> just have a simple "Edit --> Insert Text From File" menu item.
Sounds like a nice feature. We plan to improve the template file system  
to be more flexible. The next thing to be done will probably be  
templates for all filetypes - at the moment this is limited to the 8  
types in the drop down New menu.
> 
> * Can "Construct autocompletion" be customized?
This is on the TODO list.
> 
> * Does Geany have a justify paragraph (aka "fill paragraph") feature?
> It would be sometimes helpful to be able to justify to whatever the
> "long line marker" is set to.
do   you   mean   like   this?
Personally I'm not sure that fits in a text editor, at least for now.
> 
> Also, an idea: it might be more clear to rename "Line Wrapping" (both
> in the Document menu and Edit --> Prefs --> Editor tab) to "Display
> lines wrapped". Hmm... Is there a separate term for when the editor
I think line wrapping is the usual term.

> inserts newlines automatically for you as you type long lines? Maybe
> just distinguish between these two sorts of features in the popup
> help?
NEdit has a wrap mode called 'Auto Newline'. Alternatively we could use  
'Word Wrapping'.
I think this would be a useful feature when writing XML-like content or  
plaintext. I looked at doing this a while ago but it's not directly  
supported by Scintilla. I'll put it on the TODO list.

Regards,
Nick