I want to know how to fetch (from a geanylua script) the current value of
(geany's) 'comment_single' variable, which is defined in the 'filetype.foo' for
the current open document.
The (geanylua function) geany.fileinfo(), returns (for the currently open
document type,) a table, which includes 'opener' & 'closer', (table keys to
the) values for 'comment_open' (start a multi-line comment) & 'comment_close'
(end a multi-line comment). But it returns nothing for the single line version!
I have searched the Internet (trying variations on 'geany/geanylua single line
comment tokens/strings') but I can't locate any helpful info...
So I then tried, (and failed,) to find (in geany's GitHub code) the 'call or
variable' used by the geany menu command 'Edit>>Format>>Comment Line(s)'. It
must must make some type of call, to obtain the current value of
'comment_single'
my current solution (is a bodge) for use in my geanylua scripts:
1. get the filetype (for the current open document)
2. attempt to open the relevant file ~/.config/geany/filedefs/filetype.foo
3. if the file exists
4. search the file for the string 'comment_single'
5. get the 'comment_single' value (eg '--')
6. else
7. attempt to open the relevant file /usr/share/geany/filedefs/filetype.foo
8. if the file exists
9. search the file for the string 'comment_single'
10. get the 'comment_single' value (eg '--')
This can't possibly be a suitable solution (for evaluating a simple variable),
it's overly long, overly complex and relies on 'hard coded' file locations.
Interestingly for steps 5 and 10, I should also have previously obtained the
string for (the value of) 'comment_single' in 'filetype.conf', thus allowing
for a more 'accurate and robust' evaluation of the (string) value of
'comment_single' in filetype.foo!
This nicely demonstrates, (IMO,) why the geanylua function ('geany.fileinfo()')
should also return the current value of 'comment_single' in its results table.
I understand that geanylua has no current 'Maintainer', (to make any changes).
This seems weird (to me) as geanylua is such an immensely useful plugin for
geany!
I considered doing this myself, but as I last used 'C' extensively 38 years
ago, and I have exactly one month of experience of using lua. I decided, that I
am probably not (currently) the best candidate.
regards to all
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