how to use editorconfig in geany

[laoshaw]

I'm running geany on ubuntu 16.04 and just compiled and installed editorconfig, and enabled it as a plugin, then I don't know how to configure/use it.

I saw Tools->reload editorconfig, but nowhere I can configure editorconfig itself? how am I supposed to use it?

[xuhdev]

They are in .editorconfig files. Geany does not provide a graphical interface to edit these files, and normally they should be edited manually. It's written on the homepage.

[laoshaw]

cool, it will be nice to check a global $HOME/.editorconfig (or $HOME/.local/geany/.editorconfig) by default before searching recursively for this config file, to avoid having one .editorconfig per project.

[laoshaw]

after I put a .editorconfig under $HOME, I had to "reload editorconfig" to make it effective in geany each time I open a new file, otherwise it won't pick up editorconfig settings, is this normal?

[xuhdev]

It's not normal. Are you sure they are new files? Can you restart geany and try again? You can always put one in $HOME since the hierarchical structure will make it effective.

[laoshaw]

If i start geany from scratch, e.g.: "geany my.py", it finds .editorconfig and works. However after geany started, if I "file->new" open a NEW file, or I use the terminal window inside geany to open a NEW file (e.g. "geany mynew.c" inside geany), I will have to reload editorconfig each time. I can easily reproduce that.

[xuhdev]

New files do not have an associated file path. EditorConfig won't be able to tell what settings it should apply.