[Geany-Users] Themes, Etc.

[Alan Becker]

Ok, Here is my config, and what I have done so far.

Environment:  Linux Mint 19.3.  I installed Geany and Geany-Plugins from 
the Software Manager, and both are version 1.32.  I recognize that this 
is a somewhat older version, but initially this was an experiment.  
Later I may add the PPA repository and install the current stable 
release.  Mint 20.3 should be released around Christmastime, and I plan 
to reformat and reload that release, which has Geany 1.36 in its 
Software Manager.

Next, I downloaded the Themes from 
https://github.com/codebrainz/geany-themes (be sure to hit the Green 
button to download the .zip file).  I unpacked the .zip, and copied the 
contents of the colorschemes directory into 
~/.config/geany/colorschemes.  This makes the additional themes 
available under View/Change Color Scheme.  I then opened a variety of 
documents and source code files, and looked at how they appeared under 
different (dark) schemes.  The best 3 to my eyes were Black, Vibrant, 
and Ralesk's MC.  After more checking, particularly in the Syntax 
Highlighting, I settled on Ralesk's MC.

The Documentation for the Theme and color settings is described in the 
Manual.  Look for the "Filetype definition files" section. Some settings 
are in the filetypes.common file, which on my system is located in 
/usr/share/geany/filedefs.  If you decide to alter any of these 
settings, first copy this file to ~/.config/geany/filedefs and do the 
edits on that copy, rather than altering the master copy in 
/usr/share/geany/...

At this point I started editing and experimenting with changes to the 
~/.config/geany/colorschemes/mc.conf file (I have a fresh copy 
elsewhere, of course).  I'm not nearly done with this process yet, so I 
can't report any results yet, but that's where I am so far. I have 
succeeded in affecting , for example, the colorization of Comments, and 
a few other changes.  But some things don't seem to work as expected - 
need more trials.

Regarding the command-line parameters issue, I found that clicking Build 
/ Set Build commands, then appending the parameters to the Command field 
of the 1st line under Execute commands allows the parameter string to be 
passed to the current script, when pressing F5.

Hope this helps someone.  I may post again when I am further along with 
the Theme work.

Alan Becker