[Geany] Customization questions

[Daniel Carrera]

Hi Dominic,

Thanks for the help...

On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Dominic Hopf wrote:

>> 1) How do I change the list of templates? The ones you see under
>> "File > New (with Template)".
> Yes, you have a configuration directory ~/.config/geany/templates/files
> where you can, put, edit, move and remove files.

Thanks!

>> 2) Is it possible to remove the Build menu? I imagine that this would
>> require a plugin.
> It basically is possible, yes, but not that trivial job. It actually
> would require editing the sources of Geany itself and recompiling it or
> writing a plugin which does that.

Ok. I know better than to start mucking about with the Geany source.
You suggest that a plugin could do it, but I take it that it would be
difficult, right?


>> 3) Is it possible to make a plugin that runs a custom shell on a tab
>> or a separate window or something like that?
> If you have installed vte (package on your distro may also be called
> libvte), Geany has support for vte integration. Check to install vte and
> then go to the Terminal-Tab in Edit->Preferences.


Ok, I've done that. I have configured a custom shell
(/usr/bin/python). How do I run it now? I can't find an option for
that. Btw, is VTE a Linux-only feature? I'm on Linux, but I'd like to
know which features are cross-platforms and which are not.


> Well, I'm at least writing Perl and Python sometimes and I find the
> Build Menu useful, right because of the features to customize the
> commands and call perl with switches for linting or anything else.

How do you customize the Build menu to call Perl instead of a
compiler? I can imagine changing the Build menu so that it can run the
Perl debugger for example.

Thanks for the help.
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