Commandline options

Table 3.1. Commandline Options

Short optionLong optionFunction
-n--no-ctagsDo not load auto completion and call tip data. Use this option, if you do not want to use them. For more information see the section called “Global C tags”.
-t--no-terminalDo not load terminal support. Use this option, if you do not want to load the virtual terminal emulator widget at startup. If you do not have libvte.so.4 installed, then terminal-support is automatically disabled.
-c directory_name--config=directory_nameUse an alternate configuration directory. Default configuration directory is ~/.geany/ and there resides geany.conf and some template files.
-d--debugRuns Geany in debug mode, which means being verbose and printing lots of information.
-?--helpShow help information and exit.
-v--versionShow version information and exit.
 [files ...]Opens all given files at startup. This option causes Geany to ignore loading stored files from the last session (if enabled).

Geany supports all generic GTK options, a list is available on the help screen.