[Geany-Users] search history

[Lex Trotman]

On 24 July 2017 at 07:54, Ben <bendov at gmx.com> wrote:
> I notice in Geany 1.27 (Mint 18.1 repo) it doesn't save search terms.
> Which is fine, especially between sessions.

It saves search terms during sessions though.

>
> In Geany, I take it there's also no "clear recent documents?"  (you can set
> the # of listed recent docs in the config file).

Correct

>
> I don't know if it's designed never to save search or "find & replace"
> history, or if I edited some file and don't remember it.
> There definitely aren't any menu or prefs for "don't save search history" -
> or such.
>
> There are no settings in any Geany files to control any of this, that I see.
> It's OK - I'm just surprised.  Most apps save some history and you have to
> find a way to delete it, if need to.

There are no settings in Geany because it does not save them between sessions.


> If I edited something in Geany's files to not save search history and forgot
> what I did, I'd like to see if there's a way to apply it to Mint's text
> editor.

That would be unlikely, different editors store stuff differently.

>
> In Linux Mint, the default text editor is XED.  I could easily change it to
> another editor - even Geany, that doesn't save search history or can clear
> it.
> XED has no preferences to not save history; no way to clear it.
>
> XED's Search & "replace with" terms are stored in a binary file - "user."
> The only way to delete those entries is using the tool, dconf-editor, which
> isn't that convenient on a regular basis.

If XED uses dconf then it isn't in any way compatible with Geany.

Cheers
Lex

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