Every developer who spends hours in front of a computer screen writing code needs an editor to aid in programming. Whether we want to program a web page, an application, or a program, we must use a tool that allows us to edit, modify, and work with the code.
Geany is a powerful, stable, and lightweight code editor with certain basic features of an Integrated Development Environment (IDE). It is an open-source, cross-platform editor that is designed specifically for programmers, thanks to its built-in support for over 50 programming languages.
Additionally, with Geany, you can perform functions such as syntax highlighting and autocompletion. Now that a new version has been announced, let’s take a look at what’s changed.
Geany 1.38 Highlights
The most important thing to note is that Geany 1.38 removed the GTK2 support. Dropping the GTK2-specific code while keeping the code relevant to GTK3 support lightened the Geany codebase. As a result, opening documents, especially on startup, is now faster than ever.
On the UI side, Geany 1.38 comes with added keybinding to reload all open documents. This is a very useful feature, so you no longer need to individually reload every open file after an automated tool updates them all.
Moreover, the new version also introduces support for two new file types: Julia and Meson. Just for information, Julia is a high-level, high-performance, dynamic programming language. Meson is a widely used open-source build system.
Note that starting with this release, the Windows binaries are built against GTK3 and for the x86_64 (amd64) platform. 32-bit Windows systems are no longer supported.
For more information about all changes in the new version, refer to the release notes or visit the project’s website.
How to install Geany on Linux
Geany is available in the package archives of many Linux distros.
On Ubuntu or any other Debian-based system, type the following command:
sudo apt install geanyCode language: Bash (bash)In order to install Geany on Fedora, type:
sudo dns install geanyArch Linux users can install the Geany package from the Arch’s official repo:
sudo pacman -S geanyYou can also use the software center of your particular Linux distro to install Geany.
