[Geany] Help with custom compiler

[Matthew Brush]

On 12-07-18 01:23 PM, Laszlo Nagy wrote:
>    Hello,
>
> I'm developing a new language, and I would like Geany to handle it. It
> has a compiler which is a pyhon program. I could use this custom build
> command under linux:
>
>
> python /whatever_path/compiler.py "%f"
>
> and it works. However, under windows this custom build command:
>
> C:\Python27\python.exe c:\whatever_path\compiler.py "%f"
>
> does not work. When I press F8 then Geany starts python.exe (I can see
> it from the task manager). Then it takes a long time before it responds,
> telling that the compilation failed. If I start the very same command
> line in a terminal (cmd.exe) then it runs within 0.1 sec.
>
> What can be the problem?
>

What version of Geany are you using? IIRC there was some changes some 
time ago to fix quoting for how it runs spawns commands. Also if 
`whatever_path` has spaces and is unquoted it might cause problems, not 
sure though for Windows.

> My other question is about interpreting the output of my compiler - but
> first I would like to be able to use it under Windows.
>

This might be useful:
http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Errors

I'm not sure how strictly Geany follows that but it seems to be quite 
standard across various tools I've used.

Cheers,
Matthew Brush