On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:00:14 +1100 Lex Trotman <[email protected]> wrote:
>[...] >> Hello, Colomban! >> >> I think Geany didn't like when I deleted the line FILE_NAME_X=, and >> it created a new geany.conf for me... scribble_text is empty, but I >> wonder why was my previous session still restored. > >Hi, > >Removing one of the FILE_NAME_X lines will stop session loading at the >file numbered before, Geany stops at the first missing number, files >numbered after won't load, but that shouldn't affect scribble_text. > >If geany.conf is broken, maybe locked or something as a result of >killing Geany, then a fresh copy is generated, but that wouldn't load >your session. > >Some "wise after the fact" lessons: > >1. don't hand edit config files unless you know what you are doing. > >2. when you do, keep a backup (oh, of course, you can restore >geany.conf from your daily backup can't you :) > >3. open Geany with --no-session to avoid loading dud files, but that >does mean manually re-loading the rest > >4. as I found out recently, when loading large files, turn line >wrapping off (250Mb file took 3s vs 6 minutes) > >Cheers >Lex > Thank you for the tips, Lex, but it basically means I've lost all my notes, doesn't it? Unfortunately, I don't have a recent backup :( Anyway, don't you think it is a good idea to change the notes to a separate file instead of a variable in .conf? Of course, I have a separate application for notetaking, but scribble is handy for quick notes while working in Geany. Thank you and best regards! Teresa e Junior _______________________________________________ Geany mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uvena.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geany
