On Sat, 30 May 2020 at 09:30, John Gabriele <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Fri, May 29, 2020, at 7:00 PM, Lex Trotman wrote:
> > On Sat, 30 May 2020 at 08:15, John Gabriele <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'd like to increase the vertical spacing between lines.
> > >
> > > I found this issue <https://github.com/geany/geany/issues/1592>, and so 
> > > went to "Tools --> Configuration Files --> filetypes.common", but changes 
> > > I make and save there don't seem to have any effect. So, a few questions:
> > >
> > > 1. What is the syntax for this config file? Does a leading space indicate 
> > > a comment? Do I need the pound sign or remove it?
> >
> > # == comment
>
> Hi Lex. Thanks.
>
> The file is filled with descriptive lines of text, but they are not 
> commented. Is a leading space also considered a comment?
>
> > >
> > > 2. What are the units for the line spacing (line_height). Pixels?
> >
> > yes
> >
> > >
> > > 3. How do I get my changes here to take affect?
> >
> > Save the filetypes.common opened from the menu above WFM.
>
> What does WFM mean?

Works for me.

>
> I've tried changing the settings, uncommenting the `[styling]` marker, 
> changing the font, and restarting Geany, but nothing gets the line spacing to 
> change.
>
> This is on Debian Testing, with Geany 1.36.
>
> > A quick search for `line_height` finds several issues like this,
> > https://github.com/geany/geany/issues/2287#issuecomment-610713286
> > where the exact content is shown.  You probably are missing the
> > [styling] section.
>
> Thanks for the link, and the help, but that doesn't appear to fix it. Any 
> ideas what else could be the issue?

No, without further information. Maybe attach your filetypes.common,
or better still put it on a gist (https://gist.github.com/) and mail a
link so you don't spam everybody with your file.

Cheers
Lex

>
> Thanks,
> -- John
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