#Geany debug manual#
#Geany debug code#

This structure has been used by Geany for some time and has proven easy to useĪnd flexible. The final section opens a dialog to assist in configuration (see Configuring with the GUI below) The menu is broken into sections that roughly follow the usual workflow for

So it is important that itsįlexibility is presented to the user in a simple, intuitive manner. Geany supports a wide range of user experiences, from beginners to experts, andįrom occasional users to continuous users. It is presented to the user and how it is configured using the GUI and by This document describes the implementation of that flexibility in Geany, how However, Geany supports a wide range of platforms, programming, andĭocumentation languages, so it is more appropriate that it takes the approach IDEs like Eclipse and NetBeans which heavily integrated the Java workflow. The approach of limiting the tool sets is appropriate for developmentĮnvironments which concentrate on limited languages, the original model of This tends to result in a slightly more arms length approach to the integration of tools. The solution is to load the project file in again.Providing a lot of flexibility allowing users to configure the tools that suit them. Geany sometimes forgets what the Execute button should do. Load new project files or re-load old ones using Open option in the Project menu. When you re-start geany it loads in the previous project file it used. When it executes a file it createsĪ temporary script called geany_run_script.sh. geany suffix) to specify which files belong to a project, what should happen when

Clicking on an error message makes the editor's cursor go to the appropriate line in the appropriate file.īehind the scenes, geany uses project files (with a.

Make All (in the Build menu) creates a runnable program from multiple source files as long as things have been set up correctly. o suffix, not a runnable program)! Build (in the Build menu) tries to produce a runnable program from a single source file.

When you press the Compile button, files are automatically saved.

#Geany debug code#

The tabbed panel to the left of the editor offers short-cuts to useful code fragments and files.

Holding Control when releasing the mouse button will copy the text instead.

If you drag some highlighted text in the editor of Geany, the text is moved to the position where the mouse pointer is when releasing the mouse button.

#Geany debug manual#

geany suffix).įull details are in the Manual or geany's Help menu. Use the project file that's in the folder where your source files are (it has a. For CUED's 1ATrading exercise you can fix this by loading the project file in (it's best to start by doing this rather than loading in the individual files). Window), the files will be opened in geany's editor, and you may even by able to use the Make all option to create a new executable program, but the Execute button won't work.

If you drag multiple source files onto the icon (or the opened geany You can start it by typing its name (followed, optionally, by a C++ filename), byĬlicking on its icon (it's in the Programming section of the Applications taskbar menu), or by The compilation of multi-file source code. It uses g++ to compile the code and make to deal with It has an editor and some support for multi-file source code. Geany is an IDE ( Integrated Development Environment) for C++ (and some other languages).