[Geany-Users] Search background color

[Jim]

On 5/23/20 7:15 PM, bendov at gmx.com wrote:
> Is there a way to change the background color to something that is
> easier to see?
> 
> Yes.  Depends on how much you want to change - besides just the background.
> There are the user built / uploaded themes.  Many have various dark 
> background (some light).
> Those include basic coloring for general parts (e.g., comments, braces, 
> lots more).
> If you wish, you can change some colors for different things - such as 
> color for selected text; found search terms.  I had to edit one to have 
> more contrast than many of the uploaded themes had (for certain elements).
> 
> The hardest part with that, was figuring out the exact "rules" for 
> various styling options.  Many rules for different elements work 
> differently.  Most / all is in the "styling" section of the Geany 
> manual: https://www.geany.org/manual/current/index.html#styling-section
> 
> I went to the trouble of copying those rules at the top of a theme I 
> started with, then modified. Like:
> 
>> #current_line= The style for coloring the background of the current
>> line. ONLY the 2ND and 3RD arguments are interpreted. The second
>> argument is the background color. Use the third argument to enable or
>> disable background highlighting for the current line (has to be
>> true/false).  Example: current_line=0x0;0xe5e5e5;true;false
>>
>> #marker_line= Style for a highlighted line (e.g using Goto line or
>> goto symbol, (or clicking a search result in msg pane). The foreground
>> color (1st argument) only used when "Show Markers Margin" - is enabled
>> in View menu. **ONLY** the 1st & 2nd arguments are interpreted.  Ex:
>> =#ffff00;#FDE5E9;true;true
> I found it easier to have all the rules (sometimes examples) in the
> color scheme I was editing vs. going back / forth to the manual's
> styling section.
> 
> The sometimes oddly worded (to me) rules, like "only the 1st & 2nd
> arguments are interpreted," though you often see (in themes) 4 values
> entered when only 2 are used.
> You had to remember which rule interpreted values 1 & 2, or 1 & 3, or
> only 4th value, etc.
> 
> So, I have a very black background & common elements with good
> contrast.  I haven't looked at available themes / color schemes in a
> long time, but back when, most color schemes had several elements with
> little contrast.  Took one I generally liked & edited to my needs.
> 
> I guess it depends on how young your eyes are & how good of sight -
> looking at a computer screen.  If you want, I could send or post
> somewhere, all the styling rules - many re-worded or added explanation,
> as some originals didn't make sense to me back then. If I worked w/ the
> syntax styling rules all the time, I'm sure they would've made better 
> sense.

My eyes are old. I found a theme were the contrast was very easy for me 
to see, but thanks for your offer. In the future I may look at tweaking 
some of the config files.

Regards,  Jim

>> You can tweak it using GTK+ CSS. In a file at
>> `~/.config/geany/geany.css` (Tools->Configuration Files->geany.css)
> Is that right?  I don't remember seeing a "geany.css" under /.config.
> I must've removed it. I looked now & see that file (BU) in Documents.
> Maybe because the 3rd party custom Mint theme covered Geany, so there
> was no need for the geany.css.
> 
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