The Linux GUI Editor Showdown Part Two: Geany
This is a series of posts that will cover several GUI text editors for Linux. The editors that have been covered so far are
This part in the series will cover Geany, a lightweight editor for Linux. It uses GTK+. Geany, unlike KDevelop, doesn’t take a long time to load, but packs a lot of features. As shown below, we will be covering Geany 0.13.
When you start it up, you get something that looks like what you have below. Click to see a bigger verson.
At the bottom, you have a panel that gives status messages, a compiler, compiler messages, a scratch pad, and a terminal.
To edit Geany’s templates or syntax highlighting, you have to edit certain configuration files. Below is what editing a file looks like by default. Pictured below is a file from the “All In One SEO Pack” WordPress plugin.
The folks that make Geany are really, really dedicated to open source. They assume that you feel the same way. By default, Geany’s templates contain the GPL. You can’t really see it in the thumbnail, so click on the image to see it full-size.
What I didn’t mention is that Geany also has a Windows version, so you can use your editor on more than one platform too.
In conclusion, Geany is a lightweight, fast, and featureful editor. This is a good choice if you’re not a KDE fan or want something that can run on Windows too.
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