[Geany] Variable type highlighting in C

[Robert Parker]

On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 8:37 PM, Lex Trotman <elextr at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 24 August 2012 23:30, Robert Parker <rlp1938 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > When I edit a C program file in Geany, variable types such as mode_t and
> > off_t are colored but the variable type size_t is not.
> > What must I do to have size_t colored?
> > My system is Ubuntu/Linux.
>
> Hi,
>
> Which version of Geany?  There were some changes made that I think
> make size_t highlighted, but as a secondary keyword, not a type.
> These might not be in the released version yet.
>

My version is 0.21.

>
> You correct answer would be to make a tag file that had size_t in it.
>

I was able to find 'secondary=' in /usr/share/geany/filetypes.c under
'[keywords]' in that file.
So I copied it to .config/geany/flledefs/ and edited it as below:
secondary=size_t

I reloaded configuration and now 'size_t' has the same color as mode_t etc.

Thanks for your ideas.

Bob Parker


> Regards
> Lex
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bob Parker
> >
> >
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