> The crucial difference is that you need to generate the configure file using > ./autogen.sh the first time after a new clone.
I gave my best, but now I give up. Could’t get `./autogen.sh` running. > Nevertheless, it possibly may not be a “widely needed feature”, but the > current solution is obviously a workaround. I hope someone feels appointed to > this task. > > Geany is open source software, all contributors are volunteers, so nobody can > be "appointed" unless they do it themselves, and the fact that nothing has > been done since the code was added says nobody is interested/needs it enough > to appoint themselves. There may be a misunderstanding due to my only medium abilities in the English language: I meant that I hope that somebody (by himself!) feels to work on it, not that he or she may be appointed by someone else. Sorry! The fact that there *is* already a serious try for this enhancement makes me a little bit confident, as it simplifies the preferences dialog. --- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/geany/geany/issues/847#issuecomment-169078949
