[Geany] code folding for .txt files

[Eugene Arshinov]

On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:16:53 +0900
Hyoung-Ryul Kang <ohthere at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you for the answer. I understand that the way Geany find a
> folding point is to parse the syntax.
> 
> I wonder if Geany had an option to make a folding point *according to
> the indentation*. This will enable .txt files to be folded in a very
> sensible way. I also think this would not be technically challenging
> too much, since Geany already detects indentation fairly well.
> 
> Some editors like EditPlus (proprietary, www.editplus.com) have that
> option, and it is great to get a neat folded view, not only of the
> code, but also of the results of a program, which often have an
> arbitrary structure.
> 
> Furthermore, you don't even need a syntax file to fold a file of a
> new type, if you only indented it appropriately.
> 
> Maybe I should suggest this as a feature request.
> 
> HR Kang.

Hi. One day I wrote some code to achieve this. I don't think the
attached patch will be accepted (as it's dirty and ugly :-) ), but it
may be useful to someone. The patch is for r4409.

Best regards,
Eugene.
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