[Geany] Windows Version: Remote Login through Open File

[Matthew Brush]

On 12-10-04 08:05 PM, Bob Snyder wrote:
> I use Geany on my WinXP office workstation to develop code on a remote
> Linux box. This is done through Windows file sharing (SMB/Samba) and it
> works very well except for one detail. When I start Geany at the start
> of a session, and it tries to open the files that it had open when I
> shut down the previous session (or just through File->Open) it fails
> because I am not yet logged in through Windows to the remote box. If I
> use an Explorer window to browse the files first, that gives me the
> login dialog, and after I've logged in with that, Geany is happy.
>
> Can Geany be enhanced to present the user with that login dialog rather
> than just giving up? It seems likely that it can since other apps do it
> (though not surprisingly, neither Word nor Notepad). For example Adobe
> Reader and Wireshark (another GTK app ported to Windows) both do this.
>

You could write a batch script that performs some steps necessary to 
"pre-login" and at the end it opens Geany.

Cheers,
Matthew Brush