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Search multiple selection is not available. Multiple selection is not available for Geany. The score for selecting rectangular block was a perfect 1.0. Rectangular block selection works with word wrap enabled. Selecting rectangular block per column works.

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The score for code folding was a perfect 1.0. Code folding also works for programming languages such as Java. The score for multiple language syntax highlighting was a perfect 1.0.Ĭode folding works for markup languages such as HTML. Each language has code-sensitive syntax colours which can be modified. Multiple language syntax highlighting in one file is enabled if the language plug-ins are installed. The score for find and replacing using regular expressions was a perfect 1.0. Find and replace will work for the current document or a selection in the current document. The score for fonts was a perfect 1.0.įind and replace using regular expressions can be utilized for all open documents in the current session. The system font can be bypassed and a new editor font and size can be set. The score for indentation was a perfect 1.0.įonts can be dynamically scaled. Indentation can default to user-defined tab stops. The score for go to line is a perfect 1.0. It is possible to jump to either the first or last line. The score for word count was a perfect 1.0. Selection word count is available as part of word count. The score for spell check was a perfect 1.0. Spelling errors are shown in opened documents. The score for word wrap was a perfect 1.0. Automatic soft wrap for documents is available from the Geany settings. Soft word wrap can be enabled on all documents as line wrapping. The score for creating non-project files was a perfect 1.0. Non-project files can be opened by the drag and drop operation. The score for multiple editor view was 0.5.Ĭreating non-project files is possible. The window view can be split either vertically or horizontally but Geany does not have a multiple editor view. Multiple editors can be opened as new tabs with drag options. The score for multiple documents was 0.5. Tear-off tabs do not work but Geany has a feature to open in new window as a new instance which is handy for multiple monitors. Multiple documents can opened in multiple tabs. The score for opening a large file was 0.0. Geany did not remember the last session and it was not possible to edit the large file. Opening a very large text file crashed Geany. The score for drag and drop into editor was 0.5. It is not possible to specify the tab location during the drag and drop operation. The score for the theme was a perfect 1.0.ĭragging and dropping a text file into the editor opens a new tab. Geany dark and light themes can be created or downloaded. The theme can be native for the editor in terms of the background.

All plug-ins also require re-installation. Geany was installed in the system folder and was never available for other installed Linux distributions. Geany needs re-installation every time I change my distribution unless built from source. Geany and its plug-ins do require GTK2 runtime dependencies.

Geany was installed from the Debian repository. The same editor was compared between the one in the repository, the developers website, and the compiled version if applicable. Attempts were made to get stable plug-ins for missing features. The editor was used for at least three years on different platforms. Three bias elimination steps were utilized.

A part of a feature is worth a score of 0.5.

Score of zero indicates missing feature.

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Desktop: Xfce Desktop Environment 4.10.

Operating System: Debian Jessie Testing 64bit.

Geany can easily be extended by plug-ins to ease application development in different programming languages.

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There are downloadable packages for Linux, Mac and Windows systems. Some features require extensions or plug-ins. A list of required features was created after using different editors. This review is based on features I require of an advanced text editor. Geany is free, open source and cross-platform (Mac, Windows and Linux). Geany is a lightweight Integrated Development Environment. Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013 Geany Editor Features Review Posted in Reviews, Videos | No Comments » Geany Advanced Editor Review Tags: Editor, Geany, IDE, Programming, Regex, Regular Expressions, screencast, Text, video SEARCH Posts Tagged ‘Geany’ Ojambo – Geany Advanced Editor Review Video 0073Ī Video for the Geany Advanced Editor Review article.