[Geany] quickrun

[Jon Harbold]

Matthew Brush <mbrush at ...> writes:

> 
> On 12-08-18 08:03 AM, Jonathan Harbold wrote:
> > I'm using the windows version of Geany, is there an easy way to add a
> > quickrun option (one click button to compile temp exe -> run temp exe - >
delete temp exe) without using a
> batch file or other external script?
> >
> 
> In the "Execute" build command, you should be able to put something like 
> this:
> 
>      yourCompiler -o yourtemp.exe && yourtemp.exe && del yourtemp.exe
> 
> And set the working directory to where the `yourtemp.exe` file will be.
> 
> It works OK but it won't give you compiler messages in Geany's compiler 
> tab. It will show them inside the command prompt window that opens instead.
> 
> Cheers,
> Matthew Brush
> 

Thanks, that works fine.

Can you tell me what I need to put in the context command in order to have it
open up a chm help file and do a keyword search? With everything I've tried
geany just gives me this error:

Context action command failed: Failed to execute child process (Exec format 
error)