[Geany-Users] adding json support
Bob Furber
burnsmicro at xxxxx
Fri Feb 22 22:50:23 UTC 2013
On 13-02-22 01:59 PM, Lex Trotman wrote:
Thanks for your patience and thank you for narrowing down the issue to
the absence of the check_json script in /usr/local/bin or some other
directory in the PATH variable.
But, where can I find the content of this check_json script file?
Thanks,
RF
> On 23 February 2013 06:38, Bob Furber <burnsmicro at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 13-02-21 06:21 PM, Lex Trotman wrote:
>>
>> Hi Bob,
>>
>> Lets just summarise the steps for you to check:
>>
>> 1. You are using Geany 0.21 or 1.22 (older may work but no guarantee)
>>
>>
>> It turns out I had Geany 0.21, so I upgraded to 1.22:
>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:geany-dev/ppa
>> sudo apt-get update
>> sudo apt-get upgrade
>>
>> 2. You followed Colomban's advice to menu->tools->configuration
>> files->filetype_extensions.conf and added the two lines from the wiki,
>> note one is in the [extensions] section and one in the [groups]
>> section.
>>
>>
>> Yes. Under [Extensions], I added
>> JSON=*.json;
>>
>> ..and, under [Groups] I added:
>> Misc=JSON;
>>
>> 3. You followed Colomban's advice to copy the filetypes.JSON.conf from
>> the wiki to your ~/.config/geany/filedefs directory
>>
>> Yes, I started up Geany in Supervisor mode from the command line:
>> ~$ sudo geany
>>
>> Then I copied the code from the wiki into a new file:
>> [styling]
>> default=default
>> number=number
>> string=string
>> word=word
>> identifier=identifier,bold
>>
>> [keywords]
>> primary=true false null
>>
>> [settings]
>> lexer_filetype=YAML
>> extension=json
>> comment_single=
>>
>> [indentation]
>> width=2
>> # 0 is spaces, 1 is tabs, 2 is tab & spaces
>> type=0
>>
>>
>> ..and saved the file as ~/.config/geany/filedef/filetypes.JSON.conf
>>
>>
>> These steps are all you need to have the filetype recognised for files
>> with the .json extension, check in the status bar for filetype:JSON
>> when you open such a file. If it doesn't work, check your use of
>> case, thats the most common error, *everything* is case sensitive
>> including filenames and file contents and extensions.
>>
> Ahhh, did you restart Geany?
>
>> Loading MyFile.json loads it as filetype:None
>>
>> Saving MyFile.json as MyFile.JSON saves it as filetype:None
>>
>> Loading MyFile.json as MyFile.JSON loads it as filetype:None
>>
>> Document -> Set Filetype -> Miscellaneous -> JSON file changes the
>> filetype to JSON and variable names are bolded and numbers are green
>>
>> In short, I am almost there.
>>
>>
>> 4. You put the check_json script somewhere that is in your PATH list
>>
>>
>> Hmmmmmmm... I cannot find any trace of /usr/local/bin/check_json
> Its the script listed on the wiki, you have to create it so the
> command can run it, which is why I said *someewhere* on your PATH,
> like ~/bin, not necessarily in a system directory.
>
>> So it appears I don't understand how to use the Build -> Set Build Commands
>> dialog, which shows "check" in the Name field of the topmost line, followed
>> by "/usr/local/bin/check_json %f" and I see that /usr/local/bin/
>> is already on my PATH:
>>
>> ~$ echo $PATH
>> /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
> Hmmm, looks like you only have system dirs in your PATH, I'd add ~/bin
> (spell it out in full, ~ won't work) so you don't have to put any
> local programs into system directories.
>
>> But what does it take for this dialog to generate the check_json script?
>> Clicking Ok does not do it.
> It doesn't it runs it, see above.
>
>
> Cheers
> Lex
>
>>
>> 5. You edited the build commands and the error exception
>>
>> This should now give you a "check" item in the build menu when you
>> have a JSON file open and error messages in the compiler window should
>> point to the line in the source where it occurs.
>>
>>
>> This is where I run into problems.
>>
>> Thanks for your patience,
>>
>> RF
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>> Lex
>>
>> On 22 February 2013 12:14, Bob Furber <burnsmicro at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Ok, I named the top line of the Build Command dialog "check".
>>
>> I entered /usr/local/bin/check_json %f in the Command field beside it.
>>
>> I left the Working Directory field blank.
>>
>> I entered ([^:]+):([0-9]+) in the Error Regular Expression field at
>> the bottom of the top block.
>>
>> Then I clicked Ok and nothing happened. There is no syntax
>> highlighting of my Json files ..even after restarting Geany.
>>
>> I am missing something obvious, but I do not see it.
>>
>> What is it?
>>
>>
>> Thanks for all your help,
>>
>> RF
>>
>>
>> On 13-02-20 02:55 PM, Lex Trotman wrote:
>>
>> On 21 February 2013 09:41, Bob Furber <burnsmicro at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Some progress, thanks to you, Colomban.
>>
>> But, still some questions:
>>
>> What is meant in the wiki by:
>>
>> - "use /usr/local/bin/check_json %f as the compile command"? Under "Set
>> Build Commands"
>> I have many choices where to place the command, but I do not see a
>> Compile
>> command.
>>
>> You don't see one because you havn't added it yet :) Just use the top
>> line of the dialog, thats traditionally the compile command. Note,
>> since you have to give it the name as well, you might want to call it
>> "check" instead of "compile" since thats what it runs.
>>
>>
>> I do see a "Make" and "Make Custom Target" commands.
>>
>> - "..and ([^:]+):([0-9]+) as the Error Regular Expression" is pasted in
>> the
>> "Error
>> regular expression" field immediately below wherever I paste the
>> compile
>> command?
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>> Finally, if I am successful, I would be pleased to rewrite this wiki page
>> to
>> make it
>> clearer for dummies like me.
>>
>> All contributions welcome.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Lex
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> RF
>>
>> On 13-02-20 12:49 PM, Colomban Wendling wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Le 20/02/2013 20:46, Bob Furber a écrit :
>>
>> The Geany wiki provides instructions on how to add json support.
>>
>> But I have run into problems:
>>
>> - I cannot find |filetypes_extensions.conf|, the file I need to
>> modify on my Linux Ubuntu system.
>>
>> It may not already exist in your user config, but it's supposed to be in
>> ~/.config/geany/. You can also open it for editing using
>> Tools->Configuration files->filetype_extensions.conf from inside Geany.
>>
>> - I assume I deed to add the new filetypes.JSON.conf to the
>> /usr/share/geany folder
>>
>> No, this is the system path, to add a filetype for your user, add it in
>> ~/.config/geany/filedefs/
>>
>> Regards,
>> Colomban
>>
>> Can anyone help me add json support to an otherwise outstanding code
>> editor?
>>
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