[Github-comments] [geany/geany] Is it possible to set the theme from the terminal? (#2672)

2020-11-23 Thread charludo
Sorry, this isn't really an "issue", but I could not find an answer anywhere. Is it possible to set the Geany theme from command line (in linux) while geany is running? If not, is it possible between Geany restarts? (Background is that I'm trying to switch seamlessly between night and day mode,

Re: [Github-comments] [geany/geany] Is it possible to set the theme from the terminal? (#2672)

2020-11-23 Thread elextr
Depends what you mean by "theme", except for the editor all of Geany gets its theme from the GTK theme, and changes when the theme is changed on the desktop (at least here on Linux Mint 20). The "colour scheme" that controls the editor isn't controllable from the desktop, no desktop theme has

Re: [Github-comments] [geany/geany] Is it possible to set the theme from the terminal? (#2672)

2020-11-23 Thread Colomban Wendling
> So it is set by `Menu->View->Change Colour Scheme...`, which you can change > while Geany is running, but not from the command line. Well, you can't *readily*, but it's easy enough to either use a separate configuration directory (Geany's `-c` switch) or write a short `sed` command to alter t

Re: [Github-comments] [geany/geany] Is it possible to set the theme from the terminal? (#2672)

2020-11-23 Thread elextr
> Well, you can't readily, but it's easy enough to either use a separate > configuration directory (Geany's -c switch) or write a short sed command to > alter the configuration before starting. These of course need Geany stop and restart, they can't be done while Geany is running. > …Or possib