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Enrico Tröger d829ba94fc Some small updates.
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Extended description of encoding support.


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<!ENTITY app_small "geany">
<!ENTITY appversion "0.10">
<!ENTITY appurl "http://geany.uvena.de">
<!ENTITY author_mail "enrico.troeger@uvena.de">
<!ENTITY date "October 28, 2006">
<!ENTITY legal SYSTEM "geany_gpl.docbook">
<!ENTITY scikeybinding SYSTEM "scikeybinding.docbook">
]>
<book lang="en">
<bookinfo>
<author>
<firstname>Enrico</firstname>
<surname>Tröger</surname>
<address><email>&author_mail;</email></address>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Nick</firstname>
<surname>Treleaven</surname>
<address><email>nick.treleaven@btinternet.com</email></address>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Frank</firstname>
<surname>Lanitz</surname>
<address><email>frank@frank.uvena.de</email></address>
</author>
<copyright>
<year>2005-2006</year>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
<para>
This document is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
A copy of this license can be found in the file COPYING included with the source code of this
program and see <xref linkend="geany-gpl"/>.
</para>
</legalnotice>
<title>
Geany &appversion;
</title>
</bookinfo>
<chapter id="intro">
<title>
Introduction
</title>
<section>
<title>About Geany</title>
<para>
<application>Geany</application> is a small and lightweight Integrated Development Environment.
It was developed to provide a small and fast IDE, which has only a few dependencies from other
packages. Another goal was to be as independent as possible from a special Desktop Environment
like KDE or GNOME, so <application>Geany</application> only requires the GTK2 toolkit
and therefore you only need the GTK2 runtime libraries installed to run it.
</para>
<para>
The basic features of <application>Geany</application> are:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Syntax highlighting</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Code completion</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Auto completion of often used constructs like if, for and while</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Auto completion of XML and HTML tags</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Call tips</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Many supported filetypes like C, Java, PHP, HTML, Python, Perl, Pascal</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Tag/Symbol lists</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>About this document</title>
<para>
This documentation is available in various formats like HTML, text and PDF. The latest version is
always available at <ulink url="&appurl;">&appurl;</ulink>.
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Where to get it</title>
<para>
You can obtain <application>Geany</application> from <ulink url="&appurl;">&appurl;</ulink>
or perhaps from your distributor.
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>License</title>
<para>
<application>Geany</application> is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
A copy of this license can be found in the file COPYING included with the source code of this
program or see <xref linkend="geany-gpl"/>.
</para>
<para>
The included Scintilla library (found in the subdirectory scintilla/) has its own
license, which can be found in the appendix (see <xref linkend="scintilla-license"/>).
</para>
</section>
</chapter>
<chapter id="installation">
<title>
Installation
</title>
<section>
<title>Requirements</title>
<para>
For compiling <application>Geany</application> yourself, you will need the GTK (>= 2.6.0)
libraries and header files. You will also need the Pango, Glib and ATK libraries and header files.
All these files are available at <ulink url="http://www.gtk.org">http://www.gtk.org</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
Furthermore you need, of course, a C compiler and the Make tool; a C++ compiler is
also required for the included Scintilla library. The GNU versions of these tools are
recommended.
</para>
</section>
<section id="source_compilation">
<title>Source compilation</title>
<para>
Compiling <application>Geany</application> is quite easy. The following should do it:
<screen>
<prompt>%</prompt> <userinput><command>./configure</command></userinput>
<prompt>%</prompt> <userinput><command>make</command></userinput>
<prompt>%</prompt> <userinput><command>make</command> install</userinput></screen>
</para>
<para>
The configure script supports several common options, for a detailed list, type
<screen>
<prompt>%</prompt> <userinput><command>./configure</command> --help</userinput></screen>
There also some compile time options which can be found in <filename>src/geany.h</filename>.
Please see <xref linkend="cto"/> for more information.
</para>
<para>
In the case that your system lacks dynamic linking loader support, you probably want
to pass the option --disable-vte to the configure script. This prevents compiling
<application>Geany</application> with dynamic linking loader support to automatically load
<filename>libvte.so.4</filename> if available.
</para>
<para><application>Geany</application> has been successfully compiled and tested under Debian 3.1 Sarge, Debian 4.0 Etch,
Fedora Core 3/4/5, LinuxFromScratch and FreeBSD 6.0. It also compiles under
<trademark class="trade">Microsoft Windows</trademark>.
</para>
<para>
If there are any errors during compilation, check your build environment and try to find the error,
otherwise contact the author at <email>&author_mail;</email>.
</para>
</section>
<section id="binary_packages">
<title>Binary packages</title>
<section>
<title>Fedora</title>
<para>
You can use the Fedora Core 4 repository from
<ulink url="http://naturidentisch.de/packages/fc4/">http://naturidentisch.de/packages/fc4/</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
You can also use the Fedora Core 5 repository from
<ulink url="http://naturidentisch.de/packages/fc5/">http://naturidentisch.de/packages/fc5/</ulink>.
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Debian</title>
<para>
<application>Geany</application> is available through the official Debian archives.
</para>
<para>
<command>apt-get install geany</command>
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>SuSE</title>
<para>
Packages for SuSE are not yet available.
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Gentoo</title>
<para>
An ebuild for Gentoo can be found on <ulink url="https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114815">http://bugs.gentoo.de</ulink>.
</para>
</section>
</section>
</chapter>
<chapter id="usage">
<title>Usage</title>
<section id="getting_started">
<title>Getting started</title>
<para>
You can start <application>Geany</application> in the following ways:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
From the Desktop Environment menu
</para>
<para>
Choose in your application menu of your used Desktop Environment:
<menuchoice>
<guisubmenu>Development</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Geany</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
From the command line
</para>
<para>
To start <application>Geany</application> from a command line, type the following
and press <keycap>Return</keycap>:
<screen>
<prompt>%</prompt> <userinput><command>&app_small;</command></userinput></screen>
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>
<section id="clo">
<title>Command line options</title>
<para>
<table frame="all">
<title>Command line Options</title>
<tgroup cols="3">
<?dbhtml cellpadding="4" ?>
<?dbhtml cellspacing="0" ?>
<colspec colnum="1" colname="col1"/>
<colspec colnum="2" colname="col2"/>
<colspec colnum="3" colname="col3"/>
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Short option</entry>
<entry>Long option</entry>
<entry>Function</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>-c dir_name</entry>
<entry>--config=directory_name</entry>
<entry>Use an alternate configuration directory. Default
configuration directory is <filename>~/.&app_small;/</filename>
and there resides <filename>&app_small;.conf</filename> and
other configuration files.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>-d</entry>
<entry>--debug</entry>
<entry>Run <application>Geany</application> in debug mode, which
means being verbose and printing lots of information.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>-i</entry>
<entry>--new-instance</entry>
<entry>Do not open files in a running instance, force opening a
new instance. Only available if <application>Geany</application>
was compiled with support for Sockets.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>-l</entry>
<entry>--line</entry>
<entry>Set initial line number for the first opened file.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>-m</entry>
<entry>--no-msgwin</entry>
<entry>Do not show the message window. Use this option if you do not
need compiler messages or VTE support.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>-n</entry>
<entry>--no-ctags</entry>
<entry>Do not load auto completion and call tip data.
Use this option if you do not want to use them.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>-s</entry>
<entry>--no-session</entry>
<entry>Don't load the previous session's files.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>-t</entry>
<entry>--no-terminal</entry>
<entry>Do 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 <filename>libvte.so.4</filename> installed,
then terminal-support is automatically disabled. Only available
if <application>Geany</application> was compiled with support
for VTE.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry>
<entry>--vte-lib</entry>
<entry>Specify explicitly the path including filename or only the filename
to the VTE library, e.g. <filename>/usr/lib/libvte.so</filename> or
<filename>libvte.so</filename>. This option is only needed when the
autodetection does not work. Only available if
<application>Geany</application> was compiled with support for VTE.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>-v</entry>
<entry>--version</entry>
<entry>Show version information and exit.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>-?</entry>
<entry>--help</entry>
<entry>Show help information and exit.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry>
<entry>[files ...]</entry>
<entry>Open all given files at startup. This option causes
<application>Geany</application> to ignore loading stored
files from the last session (if enabled).
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
<application>Geany</application> supports all generic GTK options, a list is
available on the help screen.
</para>
</section>
<section id="general">
<title>General</title>
<section id="general_startup">
<title>Startup</title>
<para>
At startup, <application>Geany</application> loads all files from the last time
<application>Geany</application> was launched. You can disable this feature in the
preferences dialog(see <xref linkend="confdialog_gen"/>). If you specify some files on
the command line, only these files will be opened, but you can find the files from the
last session in the file menu under the "Recent files" item. By default this contains
the last 10 recently opened files. You can change the amount of recently opened
files in the preferences dialog.
</para>
<para>
You can start several instances of <application>Geany</application>, but only
the first will load files from the last session. To run a second instance of
<application>Geany</application>, do not specify any filenames on the
command-line, or disable opening files in a running instance using the
appropriate command line option.
</para>
</section>
<section id="general_instance">
<title>Opening files from the command-line in a running instance</title>
<para>
<application>Geany</application> detects an already running instance of itself
and opens files from the command-line in the already running instance.
So, <application>Geany</application> can be used to view and edit files by
opening them from other programs such as a file manager. If you do not like
this for some reason, you can disable using the first instance by using the
appropriate command line option - see <xref linkend="clo"/>.
</para>
</section>
<section id="general_vte">
<title>Virtual terminal emulator widget (VTE)</title>
<para>
If you have installed <filename>libvte.so</filename> in your system, it is loaded
automatically by <application>Geany</application>, and you will have a terminal widget
in the notebook at the bottom.
</para>
<para>
If <application>Geany</application> cannot find <filename>libvte.so</filename> at
startup, the terminal widget will not be loaded. So there is no need to install the
package containing this file in order to run <application>Geany</application>.
Additionally, you can disable the use of the terminal widget by command line option,
for more information see <xref linkend="clo"/>.
</para>
<para>
You can use this terminal (from now on called VTE) nearly as an usual terminal program
like xterm. There is basic clipboard support. You can paste the contents
of the clipboard by pressing the right mouse button to open the popup menu and
choosing Paste.
To copy text from the VTE, just select the desired text and then press the
right mouse button and choose Copy from the popup menu.
On systems running the X Window System you can paste the last selected text by
pressing the middle mouse button in the VTE (on 2-button mice,
the middle button can often be simulated by pressing both mouse buttons together).
</para>
<note>
<para><application>Geany</application> tries to load <filename>libvte.so</filename>.
If this fails, it tries to load <filename>libvte.so.4</filename>. If this
fails too, you should check whether you installed libvte correctly. Again,
<application>Geany</application> also runs without this library.
</para>
<para>
It could be, that the library is called something else than
<filename>libvte.so.4</filename> (e.g. on FreeBSD 6.0 it is called
<filename>libvte.so.8</filename>). So please set a link to the correct file (as root).
<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput><command>ln -s /usr/lib/libvte.so.X /usr/lib/libvte.so.4</command></userinput></screen>
Obviously, you have to adjust the paths and set X to the number of your
<filename>libvte.so</filename>.
</para>
</note>
</section>
</section>
<section id="charset">
<title>Character sets and Unicode Byte-Order-Mark (BOM)</title>
<section>
<title>Using character sets</title>
<para>
<application>Geany</application> provides support for detecting and converting
character sets. So you can open and save files in different character sets and
even can convert a file from a character set to another one.
To do this, <application>Geany</application> uses the character conversion
capabilities of the GLib.
</para>
<para>
Only text files are supported, i.e. opening files which contain NUL-bytes may
fail. <application>Geany</application> will try to open the file anyway but it
is likely that the file will be truncated because it can only opened up to the
first occurrence of the first NUL-byte. All characters after this position are
lost and are not written when you save the file.
</para>
<para>
<application>Geany</application> tries to detect the encoding of a file while
opening it. It might be that the encoding of a file cannot be detected correctly
so you have to set manually the encoding of the file in order to display it
correctly. You can this in the file open dialog by selecting an encoding in the
drop down box or by reloading the file with the file menu item "Reload as".
The auto detection works well for most encodings but there are also some encodings
known where auto detection has its problems. Auto detecting the encoding of a file
is not easy and sometimes an encoding might be detected not correctly.
</para>
<para>
There are different ways to use different encodings in <application>Geany</application>:
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem>
<para>Using the file open dialog</para>
<para>This opens the file with the encoding specified in the encoding
drop down box. If the encoding is set to "Detect from file"
auto detection will be used. If the encoding is set to
"Without encoding (None)" the file will be opened without any
character conversion and <application>Geany</application> will
not try to auto detect the encoding(see below for more information).
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Using the "Reload as" menu item</para>
<para>This item reloads the current file with the specified encoding.
It can help if you opened a file and found out that a wrong
encoding was used.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Using the "Set encoding" menu item</para>
<para>In contrary to the above two options, this will not change or
reload the current file unless you save it. It is useful when
you want to change the encoding of the file.</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Special encoding "None"</title>
<para>
There is a special encoding "None" which is actually no real encoding. It is
useful when you know that Geany cannot auto detect the encoding of a file and
it is not displayed correctly. Especially when the file contains NUL-bytes this
can be useful to skip auto detection and open the file properly at least until
the occurrence of the first NUL-byte. Using this encoding opens the file as it
is without any character conversion.
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Unicode Byte-Order-Mark (BOM)</title>
<para>
Furthermore, <application>Geany</application> detects an Unicode Byte Order Mark
(see <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_Order_Mark">
<citetitle>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_Order_Mark</citetitle>
</ulink> for details). Of course, this feature is only available if the opened file
is in an unicode encoding. The Byte Order Mark helps to detect the encoding of a
file, e.g. whether it is UTF-16LE or UTF-16BE and so on. On Unix-like systems using
a Byte Order Mark could cause some problems, e.g. the gcc stops with stray errors,
PHP does not parse a script containing a BOM and script files starting with a
she-bang maybe cannot be started.
In the status bar you can easily see whether the file starts with a BOM or not.
If you want to set a BOM for a file or if you want to remove it from a file, just
use the document menu and toggle the checkbox.
<note>
<para>
If you are unsure what a BOM is or if you do not understand where to use it,
then it is not important for you and you can safely ignore it.
</para>
</note>
</para>
</section>
</section>
<section id="search_replace">
<title>Search, replace and go to</title>
<para>
This section describes search-related commands from the Search menu and
the editor window's popup menu:
</para>
<para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Find</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Find usage *</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Find in files</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Replace</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Go to tag definition *</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Go to tag declaration *</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Go to line</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
* These items are available from the editor window's popup menu, or by
using a keyboard shortcut (see <xref linkend="keybindings"/>).
</para>
<section>
<title>Find</title>
<para>
The Find dialog is used for finding text within the current document.
The syntax for the "Use regular expressions" option is shown in
<xref linkend="regexp"/>.
</para>
<para>
<figure>
<title>Find dialog</title>
<graphic fileref="images/find_dialog.jpg"></graphic>
</figure>
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Find usage</title>
<para>
Find usage searches all open files. If there is a selection, then it is used
as the search text; otherwise the current word is used.
The current word is either taken from the word nearest the edit cursor, or
the word underneath the popup menu click position when the popup menu is
used.
The search results are shown in the Messages window.
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Find in files</title>
<para>
Find in files is a more powerful version of Find usage that searches all files
in a certain directory using the Grep tool. The Grep tool must be correctly set
in Preferences to the path of the system's Grep utility.
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Replace</title>
<para>
The Replace dialog has the same options for finding text as the Find
dialog. There is also a "Replace in all files" option, which is used with the
Replace All button to perform the replacement for all open files.
</para>
<para>
The "Use regular expressions" option applies both to the search string and
to the replacement text; for the latter back references can be used -
see the entry for '\n' in <xref linkend="regexp"/>.
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Go to tag definition</title>
<para>
If the current word is the name of a function and the file containing the
function definition (a.k.a. function body) is open, Go to tag definition will
switch to that file and go to the corresponding line number.
The current word is either taken from the word nearest the edit cursor, or
the word underneath the popup menu click position when the popup menu is
used.
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Go to tag declaration</title>
<para>
Like Go to tag definition, but for a forward function declaration (a.k.a.
function prototype) instead of a function definition.
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Go to line</title>
<para>
Go to a particular line number in the current file.
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Regular expressions</title>
<para>
You can use regular expressions in the Find and Replace dialogs by
selecting the "Use regular expressions" check box.
The syntax is POSIX-like, as described below in <xref linkend="regexp"/>.
<note><para>
Searching backwards with regular expressions is not supported.
</para></note>
</para>
<para>
<table frame="all" id="regexp">
<title>Regular expressions</title>
<tgroup cols="2">
<?dbhtml cellpadding="4" ?>
<?dbhtml cellspacing="0" ?>
<colspec colnum="1" colname="col1"/>
<colspec colnum="2" colname="col2"/>
<spanspec spanname="hspan" namest="col1" nameend="col2" align="left"/>
<thead>
<row>
<entry spanname="hspan">
In a regular expression, the following characters are interpreted:
</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>.</entry>
<entry>Matches any character.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>(</entry>
<entry>This marks the start of a region for tagging a match.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>)</entry>
<entry>This marks the end of a tagged region.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>\n</entry>
<entry>Where n is 1 through 9 refers to the first through ninth tagged region
when replacing. For example, if the search string was Fred([1-9])XXX
and the replace string was Sam\1YYY, when applied to Fred2XXX this would
generate Sam2YYY.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>\&lt;</entry>
<entry>This matches the start of a word.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>\&gt;</entry>
<entry>This matches the end of a word.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>\x</entry>
<entry>This allows you to use a character x that would otherwise have a special
meaning. For example, \[ would be interpreted as [ and not as the start
of a character set. Use \\ for a literal backslash.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>[...]</entry>
<entry>This indicates a set of characters, for example, [abc] means any of the
characters a, b or c. You can also use ranges, for example [a-z] for any
lower case character.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>[^...]</entry>
<entry>The complement of the characters in the set. For example, [^A-Za-z] means
any character except an alphabetic character.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>^</entry>
<entry>This matches the start of a line (unless used inside a set, see above).</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>$</entry>
<entry>This matches the end of a line.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>*</entry>
<entry>This matches 0 or more times. For example, Sa*m matches Sm, Sam, Saam, Saaam and so on.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>+</entry>
<entry>This matches 1 or more times. For example, Sa+m matches Sam, Saam, Saaam and so on.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</para>
<note>
<title>Partial POSIX compatibility</title>
<para>
Note that the POSIX '?' regular expression character for optional matching
is not supported by the Find and Replace dialogs.
</para>
</note>
</section>
</section>
<section id="confdialog">
<title>Preferences</title>
<para>
should be written
<!-- I know that <mediaobject> is better than <graphic> but <mediaobject> does not work with PDF -->
<figure id="confdialog_gen">
<title>General tab in preferences dialog</title>
<graphic fileref="images/pref_dialog_gen.jpg"></graphic>
</figure>
<figure>
<title>Interface tab in preferences dialog</title>
<graphic fileref="images/pref_dialog_interface.jpg"></graphic>
</figure>
<figure>
<title>Toolbar tab in preferences dialog</title>
<graphic fileref="images/pref_dialog_toolbar.jpg"></graphic>
</figure>
<figure>
<title>Editor tab in preferences dialog</title>
<graphic fileref="images/pref_dialog_edit.jpg"></graphic>
</figure>
<figure>
<title>Tools tab in preferences dialog</title>
<graphic fileref="images/pref_dialog_tools.jpg"></graphic>
</figure>
<figure id="confdialog_templ">
<title>Template tab in preferences dialog</title>
<graphic fileref="images/pref_dialog_templ.jpg"></graphic>
</figure>
<figure id="confdialog_keys">
<title>Keybinding tab in preferences dialog</title>
<graphic fileref="images/pref_dialog_keys.jpg"></graphic>
</figure>
<note>
<para>For more information see <xref linkend="keybindings"/>.</para>
</note>
<figure id="confdialog_vte">
<title>VTE tab in preferences dialog</title>
<graphic fileref="images/pref_dialog_vte.jpg"></graphic>
</figure>
</para>
<section id="cto">
<title>Compile time options</title>
<para>
There are some options which can only be changed at compile time. To change these
options, edit the file <filename>src/geany.h</filename>.
Look for a block of lines starting with <quote>#define GEANY_*</quote>.
Any definitions which are not listed here should not be changed.
<table frame="all">
<title>Compile time options</title>
<tgroup cols="3">
<?dbhtml cellpadding="4" ?>
<?dbhtml cellspacing="0" ?>
<colspec colnum="1" colname="col1"/>
<colspec colnum="2" colname="col2"/>
<colspec colnum="3" colname="col3"/>
<spanspec spanname="hspan" namest="col1" nameend="col3" align="left"/>
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Option</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
<entry>Default</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>GEANY_WORDCHARS</entry>
<entry>These characters define word boundaries.</entry>
<entry>(look at sourcecode)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>GEANY_MAX_AUTOCOMPLETE_WORDS</entry>
<entry>How many auto completion suggestions should
<application>Geany</application> provide.
</entry>
<entry>30</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>GEANY_MAX_AUTOCOMPLETE_HEIGHT</entry>
<entry>How many suggestions should be visible in the auto completion list.</entry>
<entry>10</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>GEANY_STRING_UNTITLED</entry>
<entry>A string used as the default name for new files. Be aware
that the string can be translated,
so change it only if you know what you are doing.</entry>
<entry>untitled</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>GEANY_CHECK_FILE_DELAY</entry>
<entry>Time in seconds between checking a file for external
changes.</entry>
<entry>30</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>GEANY_WINDOW_MINIMAL_WIDTH</entry>
<entry>The minimal width of the main window.</entry>
<entry>620</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>GEANY_WINDOW_MINIMAL_HEIGHT</entry>
<entry>The minimal height of the main window.</entry>
<entry>440</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>GEANY_WINDOW_DEFAULT_WIDTH</entry>
<entry>The default width of the main window at the first start.</entry>
<entry>900</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>GEANY_WINDOW_DEFAULT_HEIGHT</entry>
<entry>The default height of the main window at the first start.</entry>
<entry>600</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry align="left" spanname="hspan">Default values</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>GEANY_DEFAULT_TOOLS_MAKE</entry>
<entry>The make tool. This can also include a path.</entry>
<entry>"make"</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>GEANY_DEFAULT_TOOLS_TERMINAL</entry>
<entry>A terminal emulator. It has to accept the command line
option "-e". This can also include a path.</entry>
<entry>"xterm"</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>GEANY_DEFAULT_TOOLS_BROWSER</entry>
<entry>A web browser. This can also include a path.</entry>
<entry>"mozilla"</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>GEANY_DEFAULT_TOOLS_PRINTCMD</entry>
<entry>A printing tool. It should be able to accept and process
plain text files. This can also include a path.</entry>
<entry>"lpr"</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>GEANY_DEFAULT_TOOLS_GREP</entry>
<entry>A grep tool. It should be compatible with GNU grep.
This can also include a path.</entry>
<entry>"grep"</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>GEANY_DEFAULT_MRU_LENGHTH</entry>
<entry>The length of the "Recent files" list.</entry>
<entry>"10"</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>GEANY_DEFAULT_FONT_SYMBOL_LIST</entry>
<entry>The font used in sidebar to show symbols and open files.
</entry>
<entry>"Sans 9"</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>GEANY_DEFAULT_FONT_MSG_WINDOW</entry>
<entry>The font used in the messages window.</entry>
<entry>"Sans 9"</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>GEANY_DEFAULT_FONT_EDITOR</entry>
<entry>The font used in the editor window.</entry>
<entry>"Monospace 10"</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry align="left" spanname="hspan">Windows specific</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>GEANY_USE_WIN32_DIALOG</entry>
<entry>Set this to 1 if you want to use the default Windows
file open dialog instead GTK's file open dialog. The default
Windows file open dialog is missing some nice features like
choosing a filetype or an encoding. Do not touch this
setting when building on a non-Win32 system.</entry>
<entry>0</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</para>
</section>
</section>
<section id="build_system">
<title>Build system</title>
<para>
<application>Geany</application> has an integrated build system.
Firstly this means that the current source file will be saved before
it is processed. This is for convenience so that you don't need to keep saving
small changes to the current file before building.
</para>
<para>
Secondly the output for Compile, Build and Make actions will be captured
in the Compiler notebook tab of the messages window (assuming you have it visible).
If there are any warnings or errors with line numbers shown in the Compiler output tab,
you can double click on them and <application>Geany</application> will switch to
the relevant source file (if it is open) and mark the line number so the problem
can be corrected. <application>Geany</application> will also set indicators for
warnings or errors with line numbers.
</para>
<para>
Depending on the current file's filetype, the Build menu will contain the following
items:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Compile</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Build</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Make all</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Make custom target</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Make object</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Execute</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Set Includes and Arguments</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<section>
<title>Compile</title>
<para>
The Compile command has different uses for different kinds of files.
</para>
<para>
For compilable languages such as C and C++, the Compile command is setup
to compile the current source file into a binary object file.
</para>
<para>
Java source files will be compiled to class file bytecode.
Interpreted languages such as Perl, Python, Ruby will
compile to bytecode if the language supports it, or will run a syntax check,
or failing that will run the file in its language interpreter.
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Build</title>
<para>
For compilable languages such as C and C++, the Build command will link the
current source file's equivalent object file into an executable. If the object
file does not exist, the source will be compiled and linked in one step,
producing just the executable binary.
</para>
<para>
Interpreted languages do not use the Build command.
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Make all</title>
<para>
This effectively runs "make all" in the same directory as the current file.
<note><para>
For each of the Make commands, The Make tool path must be correctly set
in the Tools tab of the Preferences dialog.
</para></note>
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Make custom target</title>
<para>
This is similar to running 'Make all' but you will be prompted
for the make target name to be passed to the Make tool. For example,
typing 'clean' in the dialog prompt will run "make clean".
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Make object</title>
<para>
Make object will run "make current_file.o" in the same directory as the current
file, using its prefix for 'current_file'. It is useful for compiling just the
current file without building the whole project.
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Execute</title>
<para>
Execute will run the corresponding executable file, shell script or interpreted
script in a terminal window. Note that the Terminal tool path must be correctly
set in the Tools tab of the Preferences dialog - you can use any terminal
program that runs a Bourne compatible shell.
</para>
<para>
After your program or script has finished executing, you will be prompted to
press the return key. This allows you to review any text output from the program
before the terminal window is closed.
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Set Includes and Arguments</title>
<para>
By default the Compile and Build commands invoke the compiler and linker with
only the basic arguments needed by all programs.
Using Set Includes and Arguments you can add any include
paths and compile flags for the compiler, any library names and paths for the
linker, and any arguments you want to use when running Execute.
</para>
<note><para>
If you are using the Build command to compile and link in one step, you will need
to set both the compiler arguments and the linker arguments in the linker
command setting.
</para></note>
<para>
These settings are not saved when <application>Geany</application> is shut
down. See below for how to set permanent arguments.
</para>
<para>
If you need complex settings for your build system, or several different
settings, then writing a Makefile and using the Make commands is recommended.
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Indicators</title>
<para>
Indicators are red squiggly underlines which are used to highlight errors which
occured while compiling the current file. So you can easily see where your code
failed to compile. To remove the indicators, just click on
"Remove all indicators" in the document file menu.
</para>
<para>
If you do not like this feature, you can disable it in the preferences dialog.
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>File type configuration settings</title>
<para>
You can set the commands to run for compiling, building or executing
by opening the relevant <filename>filetypes.*</filename> configuration file,
and checking the [build_settings] section. See <xref linkend="filetypes"/> for more
information.
</para>
</section>
</section>
<section id="printing">
<title>Printing support</title>
<para>
<application>Geany</application> has basic printing support. This means you can
print a file by passing the filename of the current file to a command which actually
prints the file. However, the printed document contains no syntax highlighting.
You can adjust the command to which the filename is passed in the preferences dialog.
The default command is:
<screen><prompt>%</prompt> <userinput><command>lpr</command> %f</userinput></screen>
%f will be substituted by the filename of the current file.
<application>Geany</application> will not show errors from the command itself, so
you should make sure that it works before(e.g. by trying to execute it from the
command line).
</para>
<para>
A nicer example, which I prefer is:
<screen><prompt>%</prompt> <userinput><command>a2ps</command> -1 --medium=A4 -o - %f | xfprint4</userinput></screen>
But this depends on a2ps and xfprint4. As a replacement for xfprint4, gtklp or similar
programs can be used.
</para>
<note>
<para>
The printing support of <application>Geany</application> will be improved in the
future. With GTK 2.10, better printing (including syntax highlighting) will be possible.
</para>
</note>
</section>
<section id="keybindings">
<title>Keybindings</title>
<para>
<application>Geany</application> supports the default keyboard shortcuts for the
Scintilla editing widget. For a list of these commands, see
<xref linkend="scikeybinding"/>.
The Scintilla keyboard shortcuts will be overridden by any custom keybindings
with the same keyboard shortcut.
</para>
<para>
For all actions listed below you can define your own keybindings. Open the Preferences
dialog, select the desired action and click on change. In the opening dialog you can
press any key combination you want and it will be saved when you press OK.
You can define only one key combination for one action.
</para>
<para>
Some of the default key combinations cannot be changed, e.g. menu_new or menu_open.
These are set by GTK and should be kept, but you can still add other key
combinations for these actions. For example to execute menu_open by default
<keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>O</keycap></keycombo> is set, but you can
also define <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>O</keycap></keycombo>, so that the
file open dialog is shown by pressing either
<keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>O</keycap></keycombo> or
<keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>O</keycap></keycombo>.
</para>
<para>
The following table lists all customizable keyboard shortcuts.
</para>
<para>
<table frame="all">
<title>Keybindings action table</title>
<tgroup cols="2">
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<?dbhtml cellspacing="0" ?>
<colspec colnum="1" colname="col1"/>
<colspec colnum="2" colname="col2"/>
<spanspec spanname="hspan" namest="col1" nameend="col2" align="center"/>
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Action</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry align="left" spanname="hspan">Menu items</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>New</entry>
<entry>Creates a new file.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Open</entry>
<entry>Opens a file.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Save</entry>
<entry>Saves the current file.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Save all</entry>
<entry>Saves all open files.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Close all</entry>
<entry>Closes all open files.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Close</entry>
<entry>Closes the current file.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Reload file</entry>
<entry>Reloads the current file. All unsaved changes will be lost.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Print</entry>
<entry>Prints the current file.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Undo</entry>
<entry>Undoes the last action.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Redo</entry>
<entry>Redoes the last action.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Select all</entry>
<entry>Makes a selection of all text in the current document.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Preferences</entry>
<entry>Opens preferences dialog.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Find Next</entry>
<entry>Finds next result.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Find Previous</entry>
<entry>Finds previous result.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Replace</entry>
<entry>Opens the Replace dialog.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Find in files</entry>
<entry>Opens the Find in files dialog.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Go to line</entry>
<entry>Opens the Go to line dialog.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Show Colour Chooser</entry>
<entry>Opens the Colour Chooser dialog.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Fullscreen</entry>
<entry>Switches to fullscreen mode.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Toggle Messages Window</entry>
<entry>Toggles the message window (status and compiler messages)
on and off.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Toggle Sidebar</entry>
<entry>Shows or hides the sidebar.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Zoom In</entry>
<entry>Zooms in the text</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Zoom Out</entry>
<entry>Zooms out the text</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Replace tabs by space</entry>
<entry>Replaces all tabs with the right amount of spaces.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Fold all</entry>
<entry>Folds all contractible code blocks.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Unfold all</entry>
<entry>Unfolds all contracted code blocks.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry align="left" spanname="hspan">Build options</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Compile</entry>
<entry>Compiles the current file.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Build</entry>
<entry>Builds (compiles if necessary and links) the current file.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Make all</entry>
<entry>Builds the current file with the Make tool.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Make custom target</entry>
<entry>Builds the current file with the Make tool and a given target.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Make object</entry>
<entry>Compiles the current file with the Make tool.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Run</entry>
<entry>Executes the current file in a terminal emulation.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Run (alternative command)</entry>
<entry>Executes the current file in a terminal emulation.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Build options</entry>
<entry>Opens the build options dialog.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry align="left" spanname="hspan">Miscellaneous</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Reload symbol list</entry>
<entry>Reloads the tag/symbol list.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Switch to Editor</entry>
<entry>Switches to editor widget.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Switch to Scribble</entry>
<entry>Switches to scribble widget.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Switch to VTE</entry>
<entry>Switches to VTE widget.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Switch to left document</entry>
<entry>Switches to the previous open document.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Switch to right document</entry>
<entry>Switches to the next open document.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry align="left" spanname="hspan">Editing operations</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Duplicate line or selection</entry>
<entry>Duplicates the current line or selection.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Comment line</entry>
<entry>Comments current line or selection.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Uncomment line</entry>
<entry>Uncomments current line or selection.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Toggle line commentation</entry>
<entry>Comments a line if it is not commented or removes a comment
if the line is commented.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Increase indent</entry>
<entry>Indents the current line or selection by one tabulator.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Decrease indent</entry>
<entry>Removes one tabulator from the indentation of the current
line or selection.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Goto matching brace</entry>
<entry>If the cursor is ahead or behind a brace, then it is moved to
the brace which belongs to the current one. If this keyboard
shortcut is pressed again, the cursor is moved back to the
first brace.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Complete word</entry>
<entry>Shows auto completion list.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Show calltip</entry>
<entry>Shows call tips for the current function or method.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Show macro list</entry>
<entry>Shows a list of available macros and
variables in the workspace.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Suppress auto completion</entry>
<entry>If you type something like if or for and press this key, it
will not be auto completed.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Find Usage</entry>
<entry>Finds all occurrences of the current word (near the
keyboard cursor) and displays them in the messages window.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Go to tag definition</entry>
<entry>Jump to the definition of the current word (near the
keyboard cursor). If the definition cannot be found (e.g. the
relevant file is not open) <application>Geany</application>
will beep and do nothing. Used for function definitions.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Go to tag declaration</entry>
<entry>Jump to the declaration of the current word (near the
keyboard cursor). If the declaration cannot be found (e.g. the
relevant file is not open) <application>Geany</application>
will beep and do nothing. Used for function prototypes.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</para>
</section>
</chapter>
<chapter id="config_files">
<title>Configuration files</title>
<section id="filetypes">
<title>Filetype definition files</title>
<para>
All colour definitions and other filetype specific settings are stored in the
filetype definition files. Those settings are colours for syntax highlighting,
general settings like comment characters or word delimiter characters as well as
compiler and linker settings.
</para>
<para>
The system-wide configuration files can be found in
<filename>$prefix/share/geany</filename> and are called
<filename>filetypes.$ext</filename>, where $prefix is the path where
<application>Geany</application> is installed (commonly
<filename>/usr/local</filename>) and $ext is the name of the filetype.
For every filetype there is a corresponding definition file. There is one exception:
<filename>filetypes.common</filename> - this file is for general settings, which
are not specific to a certain filetype. It is not recommended to edit the
system-wide files, because they will be overridden when
<application>Geany</application> is updated.
</para>
<para>
To change the settings, copy a file from <filename>$prefix/share/geany</filename>
to the subdirectory <filename>filedefs</filename> in your configuration directory
(usually <filename>~/.geany/</filename>).
</para>
<para>
For example:
<screen><prompt>%</prompt> <userinput><command>cp /usr/local/share/geany/filetypes.c /home/username/.geany/filedefs/</command></userinput></screen>
Then you can edit the file and the changes are also available after an update of
<application>Geany</application> because they reside in your configuration
directory. Alternatively, you can create a file
<filename>~/.geany/filedefs/filetypes.X</filename> and add only these settings you
want to change. All missing settings will be read from the corresponding global
definition file in <filename>$prefix/share/geany</filename>.
</para>
<section id="filetypes_format">
<title>Format</title>
<section>
<title>[styling] Section</title>
<para>
In this section the colours for syntax highlighting are defined.
The format is always:
<constant>key=forground_colour;background_colour;bold;italic</constant>
</para>
<para>
Colours have to be specified as RGB hex values prefixed by 0x. For
example red is 0xff0000, blue is 0x0000ff. The values are case-insensitive,
but it is a good idea to use small letters. Bold and italic are flags and
should only be "true" or "false". If their value is something other than
"true" or "false", "false" is assumed.
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>[keywords] Section</title>
<para>
This section contains keys for different keyword lists specific to the
filetype. Some filetypes do not support keywords, so adding a new key will
not work. You can only add or remove keywords to/from an existing list.
<important><para>The keywords list must be in one line without line ending
characters.</para></important>
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>[settings] Section</title>
<para>
<table frame="all">
<title>General settings</title>
<tgroup cols="3">
<?dbhtml cellpadding="4" ?>
<?dbhtml cellspacing="0" ?>
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Key</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
<entry>Example</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>wordchars</entry>
<entry>Word delimiting characters. These characters define
word boundaries.
</entry>
<entry>(look at sourcecode)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>comment_open</entry>
<entry>A character or string which is used to comment code.
If you want to use multiline comments, also set
comment_close, otherwise leave it empty.
</entry>
<entry>comment_open=/*</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>comment_close</entry>
<entry>If multiline comments are used, this is the character
or string to close the comment.
</entry>
<entry>comment_close=*/</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>comment_use_indent</entry>
<entry>Set this to false if a comment character or string
should start at column 0 of a line. If set to true
it uses any indentation of the line.
<para><example><title>Comment indentation</title>
<para>
comment_use_indent=true would generate this if a line
is commented (e.g. with
<keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>D</keycap></keycombo>)
<programlisting> #command_example();</programlisting>
comment_use_indent=false would generate this if a line
is commented (e.g. with
<keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>D</keycap></keycombo>)
<programlisting>#command_example();</programlisting>
</para></example></para>
<note><para>
This setting only works for single line comments.
</para></note>
</entry>
<entry>comment_use_indent=true</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>[build_settings] Section</title>
<para>
<table frame="all">
<title>Build settings</title>
<tgroup cols="3">
<?dbhtml cellpadding="4" ?>
<?dbhtml cellspacing="0" ?>
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Key</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
<entry>Example</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>compiler</entry>
<entry>
This item specifies the command to compile source code
files. But it is also possible to use it with
interpreted languages like Perl or Python. With these
filetypes you can use this option as a kind of syntax
parser, which sends output to the compiler message
window.
<para>You should quote the filename to also support
filenames with spaces. The following wildcards for
filenames are available:
</para>
<para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
%f - complete filename without path
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
%e - filename without path and without extension
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</entry>
<entry>compiler=gcc -Wall -c "%f"</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>linker</entry>
<entry>This item specifies the command to link the file.
If the file is not already compiled, it will be
compiled while linking. The -o option is
automatically added by
<application>Geany</application>. This item works
well with GNU gcc, but may be problematic with other
compilers (esp. with the linker).
</entry>
<entry>linker=gcc -Wall "%f"</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>run_cmd</entry>
<entry>Use this item to execute your file. It has to have been
built already.
Use the %e wildcard to have only the name of
the executable (i.e. without extension) or use the %f
wildcard if you need the complete filename, e.g.
for shell scripts.
</entry>
<entry>run_cmd="./%e"</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</para>
</section>
</section>
<section id="filetypes_common">
<title>Special file filetypes.common</title>
<para>There is a special filetype definition file called
<filename>filetypes.common</filename>. This file defines some general
non-filetype-specific settings.
</para>
<para>
<table frame="all">
<title>General settings</title>
<tgroup cols="3">
<?dbhtml cellpadding="4" ?>
<?dbhtml cellspacing="0" ?>
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Key</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
<entry>Example</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>selection</entry>
<entry>
The style for colouring selected text.
The format is:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Foreground colour</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Background colour</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Use foreground colour</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Use background colour</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
The colours are only set if the 3rd or 4th argument is true.
When the colours are not overridden, the default is a dark
grey background with syntax highlighted foreground text.
</entry>
<entry>selection=0xc0c0c0;0x00007F;true;true</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>brace_good</entry>
<entry>The style for brace highlighting when a
matching brace was found.
</entry>
<entry>brace_good=0xff0000;0xFFFFFF;true;false</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>brace_bad</entry>
<entry>The style for brace highlighting when no
matching brace was found.
</entry>
<entry>brace_bad=0x0000ff;0xFFFFFF;true;false</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>caret</entry>
<entry>The style for colouring the caret(the blinking cursor).
Only the first argument is interpreted.
</entry>
<entry>caret=0x000000;0x0;false;false</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>current_line</entry>
<entry>The style for colouring the background of the current
line. Only the second argument is interpreted.
</entry>
<entry>current_line=0x0;0xe5e5e5;false;false</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>indent_guide</entry>
<entry>The style for colouring the indentation guides.
Only the first and second arguments are interpreted.
</entry>
<entry>indent_guide=0xc0c0c0;0xffffff;false;false</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>white_space</entry>
<entry>The style for colouring the white space if it is shown.
The first both arguments define the foreground and
background colours, the third argument sets whether to use
the defined colours or to use the colours defined by each
filetype for the white space.
</entry>
<entry>white_space=0xc0c0c0;0xffffff;true;false</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>folding_style</entry>
<entry>The style of folding icons. Only first and second
arguments are used.
<para>
Valid values for the first argument are:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
1 - for boxes
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
2 - for circles
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
Valid values for the second argument are:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
1 - for straight lines
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
2 - for curved lines
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</entry>
<entry>folding_style=1;1;false;false</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>invert_all</entry>
<entry>Whether to invert all defined colours. This is useful
if you like a dark background colour(e.g. black) and do
not want to change every single line. Please note, at
time of writing this was only tested with the C syntax
highlighting.
<para>Only first argument is interpreted. Set it to 1 to
invert all colours.
</para>
</entry>
<entry>invert_all=0;0;false;false</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</para>
</section>
</section>
<section id="filetype_extensions">
<title>Filetype extensions</title>
<para>
You can override the default extensions that <application>Geany</application> uses
for each filetype using the <filename>filetype_extensions.conf</filename> file.
</para>
<para>
To override the system-wide configuration file,
copy it from <filename>$prefix/share/geany</filename> to your
configuration directory, usually <filename>~/.geany/</filename>.
$prefix is the path where
<application>Geany</application> is installed (commonly
<filename>/usr/local</filename>).
</para>
<para>
For example:
<screen><prompt>%</prompt> <userinput><command>cp /usr/local/share/geany/filetype_extensions.conf /home/username/.geany/</command></userinput></screen>
</para>
<para>
Then edit it and remove all the lines for filetype extensions that you
do not want to override. The remaining lines can be edited after the
<literal>=</literal> sign, using a semi-colon separated list of patterns
which should be matched for that filetype.
</para>
<para>
For example, to set the filetype extensions for Make, the
<filename>/home/username/.geany/filetype_extensions.conf</filename>
file should look like:
<literallayout><literal>
[Extensions]
Make=Makefile*;*.mk;Buildfile;
</literal></literallayout>
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>Templates</title>
<para>
<application>Geany</application> supports several templates for file headers,
multiline comments (frame comments), function descriptions, a typical ChangeLog entry
and a short GPL notice. To use these templates, just open the Edit menu or open the
popup menu by right-clicking in the editor widget, and choose "Insert Comments" and
insert templates as you want.
</para>
<para>
Some templates (like file header or ChangeLog entry) will always be inserted at the
top of the file.
</para>
<para>
To insert a function description, the cursor must be inside of the function, so that
the function name can be determined automatically. The description will be positioned
correctly one line above the function, just check it out. If the cursor is not inside
of a function or the function name cannot be determined, you cannot insert a function
description.
</para>
<para>
Each template can be customized to your needs. The templates are in the configuration
directory, which is in <filename>~/.&app_small;/</filename> (see <xref linkend="clo"/>
for further information about the configuration directory). Just open the desired
template with an editor (ideally <application>Geany</application> ;-) ) and edit
the template as your needs. There are some wildcards which will be automatically
replaced by <application>Geany</application> at startup.
</para>
<para>
All wildcards must be enclosed by "{" and "}", e.g. {date}.
</para>
<para>
In the configuration dialog you can find a tab "Templates"
(see <xref linkend="confdialog_templ"/>). You can define the default values which
will be inserted in the templates. You should restart <application>Geany</application>
after making changes, because they are only read at startup.
</para>
<para>
Since <application>Geany</application> 0.3 there are also templates for creating new
files. They can be found in <filename>~/.&app_small;/</filename>, too. All template
files for creating new files begin with <filename>template.filetype.</filename>
followed by the filetype. At creating a new file with a filetype template, the
template for the fileheader is automatically prepended.
</para>
<para>&nbsp;</para>
<para>
<table frame="all">
<title>Template wildcards</title>
<tgroup cols="3">
<?dbhtml cellpadding="4" ?>
<?dbhtml cellspacing="0" ?>
<colspec colnum="1" colname="col1"/>
<colspec colnum="2" colname="col2"/>
<colspec colnum="3" colname="col3"/>
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Wildcard</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
<entry>Available in following templates</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>developer</entry>
<entry>The name of the developer.</entry>
<entry>filetypes, file header, function description, ChangeLog entry</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>initial</entry>
<entry>The developer's initials, e.g. "ET" for
Enrico Tröger or "JFD" for John Foobar Doe.</entry>
<entry>filetypes, file header, function description, ChangeLog entry</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>mail</entry>
<entry>The email address of the developer.</entry>
<entry>file header, function description, ChangeLog entry</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>company</entry>
<entry>The company the developer is working for.</entry>
<entry>filetypes, file header, function description, ChangeLog entry</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>year</entry>
<entry>The current year in the format: YYYY</entry>
<entry>filetypes, file header, function description, ChangeLog entry</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>version</entry>
<entry>The initial version of a new file.</entry>
<entry>filetypes, file header, function description, ChangeLog entry</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>date</entry>
<entry>The current date in the format: YYYY-MM-DD</entry>
<entry>filetypes, file header, function description, ChangeLog entry</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>untitled</entry>
<entry>The string "untitled" (this will be translated to your locale),
used in filetype templates</entry>
<entry>filetypes, file header, function description, ChangeLog entry</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>geanyversion</entry>
<entry>The actual <application>Geany</application> version,
e.g. "Geany &appversion;"
</entry>
<entry>filetypes, file header, function description, ChangeLog entry</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>datetime</entry>
<entry>The current date and time in the format: DD.MM.YYYY HH:mm:ss ZZZZ</entry>
<entry>file header, function description</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>filename</entry>
<entry>The filename of the current file. Only available for the file header template.</entry>
<entry>file header</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>gpl</entry>
<entry>This wildcard inserts a short GPL notice.</entry>
<entry>file header</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>functionname</entry>
<entry>The function name of the function at the cursor position.
This wildcard will only be replaced in the function
description template.</entry>
<entry>function description</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
If you need any other wildcards or a special date/time format, please email the
author <email>&author_mail;</email>.
</para>
</section>
</chapter>
<!-- Sci default keys appendix -->
<appendix id="scikeybinding">
&scikeybinding;
</appendix>
<!-- GPL appendix -->
<appendix id="geany-gpl">
&legal;
</appendix>
<appendix id="scintilla-license">
<title>License for Scintilla and SciTE</title>
<para>Copyright 1998-2003 by Neil Hodgson &lt;neilh@scintilla.org&gt;</para>
<para>All Rights Reserved</para>
<para>Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that
the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright
notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.
</para>
<para>NEIL HODGSON DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL NEIL HODGSON
BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF
CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
</para>
</appendix>
</book>