Thanks, Lex. Couple more questions / comments.
Don't settings specified in color schemes override the same values in
filetypes.common?
Or is that true only for certain items? The method mentioned of making
the background color of white_space any color that's very contrasting is
too distracting for me. You can do this in a color scheme as well, if
you *don't* have a commented text error on a styling element line, like
I did. :(
That error appeared to break setting the "white_space" to a single color
in a scheme I was using.
Using color schemes, you shouldn't have to edit filetypes.common for
things normally present (or can be added) in color schemes - correct?
** The manual shows (possibility) of using bold, italic on certain
items. In https://www.geany.org/manual/current/index.html#id195 , it
shows an example:
key=foreground_color;background_color;bold_flag;italic_flag.
Bold and italic are flags and should only be "true" or "false".
It gives an example that I don't fully understand: key=comment,italic.
Some scheme authors enter styling involving bold text, but I'm not sure
it works.
** Then there's a comment in the Geany **filetypes.CONF**, "**# the
lexer doesn't support keywords**."
Does that scrap using any bold / italics styling, or just for *.conf files?
Is it possible to use bold on entries from the "styling section," like
white_space? Not sure if "boldness" of white space dots are controlled
by the font & if bold was selected in preferences?
Either way, I'm not sure what's required from the example,
"key=comment,italic" (w/o quotes). I think I'm missing something.
** **Translucency** :
I use the explanations for styling from
https://www.geany.org/manual/current/index.html#settings-section.
I don't see any difference when using Translucency or
marker_translucency vs. not using them. Maybe it's just my eyes?
Values of 1 or 256 seem no different.
Translucency values in other color schemes that used them didn't seem to
matter, that I can see.
For others FYI - in Linux the filetypes.common file was in
/usr/share/geany/filetypes.common - if Geany was installed from the
disro's repo or possibly? from a .deb file.
If Geany was installed to your home directory from a tar file, look for
the file there.
On 11/3/18 12:46 AM, Lex Trotman wrote:
On Sat, 3 Nov 2018 at 13:59,<[email protected]> wrote:
I've tried a long time to find a way to make the tiny dots bigger or
change color, that show empty spaces between characters.
Not sure if the size of empty space dots are controlled by the font
selected.
If so, there's little difference in dozens of Linux fonts, for size of
spaces indicators - even if bold is selected. Generally, I use some
mono bold font.
No idea if "spaces dots" color can be specified in a Geany color scheme,
or if they're set to the same color as some other characters or...?
Often I can't see some empty space dots unless I move close to the
monitor. Those with perfect vision probably don't notice this.
Periods are often not big enough or enough contrast for scanning or
editing code.
Some fonts (e.g., mono on bold) may make periods or single quote /
apostrophe a little bigger, but not much.
The whitespace "dots" are just that, not characters.
See filetypes.common white_space setting, in particular setting the
last value to true makes it use the background colour which you can
then set to something garishly visible.
Cheers
Lex
When I eliminate all fonts that don't put a slash or dot in zeroes,
there aren't many left to find one with larger empty spaces dots or
larger periods / commas, unless I choose a huge font size.
What "symbols" in the symbol list font selection does Geany preferences
refer to?
Thanks.
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