[Geany-Users] Color configurstion in Geany

Lex Trotman elextr at xxxxx
Mon May 25 00:49:36 UTC 2020


On Sun, 24 May 2020 at 22:21, Carl Caulkett <carl.caulkett at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the reply Lex! I’ve found the `Geany.css` and after dutifully
> making a backup of `Geany.app` I will see what damage I can do 😉
>
>
Sigh as the manual
https://www.geany.org/manual/current/index.html#customizing-geany-s-appearance-using-gtk-3-css
says,
don't edit the system file.  It will be overwritten when you upgrade, edit
the user config one.

And Menu->Tools->Configuration files->geany.css should load the system one
if there is no user one but save to the user directory, and thereafter open
the user one.

Cheers
Lex

PS please keep all communications on the list



>
> On 24 May 2020 at 00:29:01, Lex Trotman (elextr at gmail.com) wrote:
>
> Note that the very latest download geany-1.36_osx-2.dmg is GTK3 IIUC
> so you need to edit CSSes for that one. And geany.css should then
> override the GTK theme.
>
> Cheers
> Lex
>
> On Sun, 24 May 2020 at 05:45, <bendov at gmx.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 5/21/20 7:07 AM, Carl Caulkett wrote:
> > > I’ve just installed Geany, have downloaded the Geany themes and have
> > > selected the Solarized (Dark) scheme. Now I would like to be able to
> > > adjust the colors of the surrounding elements of Geany, the toolbar,
> > > the side panel, the terminal panel and so on, but I cannot figure out
> > > a way to do this. I had hoped that editing `geany.css` might be
> > > involved, but it’s not clear (to me, at least!) if this is the case.
> > >
> > > Any ideas, anyone? Thanks!
> > >
> > Before you do anything to anything, make backups of files BEFORE you
> > even open them. And add to the orig. name, enough so you'll know from
> > where & when they came, so you can restore if things go south (& they
> > can, in a heartbeat).
> >
> > Some / much of what or how you change the interface of apps (Geany) may
> > depend on your OS.
> > In Linux (Mint), the GUI colors use the colors of the system theme.
> > Unless you have experience modifying themes, it's probably easier to
> > find a custom theme that supports your OS version. If in Linux, a 3rd
> > party theme also needs to support the OS version, the "desktop
> > environment" (DE) & the DE version.
> >
> > Specifically, the theme for apps that use GTK2.0 - unless the latest
> > Geany versions use something other than GTK2.0.
> > GTK2 uses mainly the gtkrc file for theming the interface. Changes to
> > the OS selected theme will usually affect all apps & OS screens that use
> > the same theming engine - what ever that is.
> >
> > Windows will be different. If you're using a native theme, shipped with
> > (what ever) OS, that's generally what apps use unless you add another
> > theme or modify a native theme.
> >
> > Modifying existing themes or installing D/L ones is relatively easy in
> > Linux. Tutorials are everywhere showing how to edit / create / or
> > install a new theme.
> >
> > It may not be as easy in Windows (I haven't used it in several yrs).
> >
> > In my Linux install of Geany, in /usr/share/geany directory, there is a
> > "geany.css", "geany.gtkrc" (GTK2 file) & geany.glade. "Glade" is one of
> > many GTK2.0 theming engines. None of the files appear to be complete
> > themes. In my case, much of the UI code in /usr/share/geany is probably
> > overridden by the installed / selected theme in my /home directory.
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