I have seen Geany around and am pretty intrigued by the update. I primarily use Kate but would love to hear folks’ thoughts on Geany and if anyone recommends it.

  • vivendi@programming.dev
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    It’s a REALLY good software for a lightweight dev environment. You need to be a more experienced user than a typical “IDE” audience (or rather, more patience to learn and build your flow) but it’s a good editor.

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      Sounds perfect for me! I tend to do a lot of lightweight web stuff so I will definitely be giving it a go shortly! Love Kate but I am always curious to try out new editors. Appreciate the recommendation!

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    Geany is excellent. It’s a lightweight programmer’s editor with enough features and configurable hooks to provide the important parts of a full-blown IDE. It renders text clearly, never feels laggy, and doesn’t get greedy with your RAM. I recommend it to people who can’t stand the bloat that’s often seen elsewhere these days, but would rather have a GUI than resort to vim.

    A couple minor annoyances to me:

    • It doesn’t yet support the Language Server Protocol, so any language that it doesn’t understand will be left without syntax and context-sensitive features. (On the other hand, it does support a lot of languages.)
    • It inherits Scintilla’s use of Gtk for its GUI, so it’s an alien app on Qt-based desktops.

    I use it anyway, because I find it easier / more comfortable to use than Kate.

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    I use it, it’s fine for stuff you’d use notepad for. For coding I use a full IDE tho.