On January 24, 2026 5:17:51 PM GMT-06:00, H via Users <[email protected]> wrote: >Colomban Wendling via Users wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Le 24/01/2026 à 19:40, H via Users a écrit : >>> […] >>> Thank you, I tried modifying filetypes.common but was not able to >>> redefine just the color used for quoted text in a bash script file. >>> Googling a bit more, it seems filetypes.sh might be the best place >>> to modify this color. >> >> I'd suggest creating a colorscheme that suits you better. Attached is >a "themified" version of the default theme for easier tweaking. But >there are additional colorshemes either in your distribution, or that >you can directly download from upstream [1] (used to be part of the >geany-themes project). >> >> But to do what you want (changing the string color in >filtypes.common), there's a gotcha: you need to update "string_1" >(which is what is used by the shell filetype, but I suggest updating >string as well) under "named_style", but *also* uncomment all entries >referencing it. >> I'm not sure if it's a bug or not, but it seems that the values like >string_1=string are computed while reading the file itself, so it's not >inherited. >> >> Maybe like >> >>> string=0x660080 >>> string_1=string >>> #string_2=0x008000 >>> #string_eol=0x000000;0xe0c0e0;false;false >>> character=string_1 >>> #backticks=string_2 >>> #here_doc=string_2 >> Still, the easier is probably create a new colorscheme based off the >default one (if you like it enough) and modify this custom theme as you >see fit. >> >> HTH, >> Colomban >> >> [1] https://github.com/geany/geany/tree/master/data/colorschemes >> >>> However, the algorithm used by geany seems pretty complex - does >>> anyone perhaps know exactly which variable I would need to modify? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > >Thank you! I saved the file as the default Geany theme and then went >ahead and modified it per your kind instruction. Works beautifully and >now I have a theme I can tweak as needed.
I'd like to suggest the file you included in your email is also shipped with geany and called geany default theme or similar. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
