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lightweight

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using Scintilla and

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, including basic IDE features. It is designed to have short load times, with limited dependency on separate packages or external

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on Linux. It has been ported to a wide range of operating systems, such as

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. The Windows port lacks an embedded terminal window; also missing from the Windows version are the external development tools present under Unix, unless installed separately by the user. Among the supported

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s are C,

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and many others. In contrast to traditional Unix-based editors like

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or Vim, Geany more closely resembles programming editors common on

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such as

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, which also uses Scintilla. It is

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licensed under the terms of the

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version 2 or later. In 2012, the version number was increased to 1.22 from 0.21 to reflect the maturity of the product, as requested by many users. Geany Version 1.29 is based by GTK+ 3.22. Version 1.36 is based by GTK+ 3.24.14. Version 1.37.1 is last Version with GTK+ 2.24 support.

Features

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* Bookmarks (called ''markers'') * Multiple document support * Simple project management *

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(partially) * Symbol lists * Code navigation * Embedded

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* Build system to compile and execute code using external tools * Extensible via plugins * Column / block / vertical select (via Shift + Ctrl + arrow keys) * User configurable keyboard action to editor function mapping

Rankings

In 2018, Geany entered the top 10 integrated development environments for Python in The Indian Wire. In 2021, Geany was named as one of the 12 best Linux text editors in Fossbytes.

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