<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div>Before you can execute a script, the executable bit has to be set.<br><div><br>Andrew Kennedy<br></div></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydpe35d805asignature"><div style="font-size:16px;"><div>Sent via personal computer</div><div><span style="margin:0px 0px 5px;line-height:24px;position:relative;font-family:'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="ydp2ea16343yiv1368970089bodyContent">"It is always too soon to quit."</span><br></div></div></div></div>
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On Sunday, September 2, 2018, 10:40:17 AM CDT, Little Girl <littlergirl@gmail.com> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Hey there,<br clear="none"><div class="ydp198f1567yqt8503713265" id="ydp198f1567yqtfd21326"><br clear="none">Andrew Kennedy via Users wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> I edit and test a lot of scripts using Geany.<br clear="none">>Is there a way to make an open script executable using Geany instead<br clear="none">>of having to do it using my file manager?</div><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Please forgive me if I misread your question or if any of this is<br clear="none">more information than you needed. I use this all the time and<br clear="none">wouldn't want to be without it:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">1) Make sure your script contains a hashbang (shebang) line as its<br clear="none">first line: <a shape="rect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_</a>(Unix)<br clear="none"><br clear="none">2) Right-click on the far right side of your toolbar and choose "Toolbar Preferences" from the context menu.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">3) Click the "Customize Toolbar" button.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">4) Choose "Execute" in the left pane.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">5) Click the right arrow.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">6) Drag the icon to where you'd like the icon to be in the toolbar in<br clear="none">relation to the other icons in your toolbar.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">7) Click the "Close" button.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">8) Click the "Apply" button.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">9) Click the "OK" button.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Now, any time you have a script loaded up in Geany, you can click the<br clear="none">gear in the toolbar to save and execute the script if you've changed<br clear="none">it or just execute it if you haven't.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none">Little Girl<br clear="none"><br clear="none">There is no spoon.<br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Users mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Users@lists.geany.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Users@lists.geany.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users</a><div class="ydp198f1567yqt8503713265" id="ydp198f1567yqtfd39831"><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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