On 12-02-26 08:35 AM, John Yeung wrote:
I agree that having line numbers be less prominent is generally a good
thing. In the case of the editors/IDEs that I use regularly
(including SciTE), I can easily change the font of the line numbers
separately.
In the case of Geany, I think that those who either can't or don't
want to recompile their editor (for example with Colomban's patch),
the simplest and best solution is to just learn to deal with it. I
You could set the line number font colour to be less prominent, for
example dark grey on medium grey or something (ie. lower contrast).
mean, even though I like less prominent line numbers, the existing
ones are not *that* bad, and you can get used to it. And you can try
little things to make them less prominent, like adjusting all the text
to have greater spacing between lines. (I don't remember if you can
set the line spacing separately or if you have to pick a font with
more built-in space.) Yes, the trade-off is you can fit fewer lines
of code in the same screen space.
If it's an easy change to make in the official Geany distribution, I
think it would be nice to be able to adjust the line numbers
separately. Geany already has an enormous number of settings; one
more won't hurt, in my opinion. ;) But if it's too much of a bother,
or if it's going to be the setting that breaks the camel's back, then
I would say leave it alone.
IMO, font specifications belong in the colour scheme files for each
available style. This way not only could you set the line numbers font,
but every other font (braces, comments, function names, etc.).
For example:
[named_styles]
margin_line_number=0x000000;0xd0d0d0;false;false;Monospace 8
Cheers,
Matthew Brush
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