How to add Go support to Geany

Question

I am trying to make syntax hightlighting and building options work for Geany, any advice?

For my fellow Windows programmers, there is a silly trick to getting this to work: `filetypes.go.conf` must actually be named `filetypes.Go.conf` — Adam Crossland, Jul 25 '11 at 14:06

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 06 '12 at 00:04

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I just noticed this page: http://go-lang.cat-v.org/text-editors/geany/

Seems like they've got everything you need right there.

answered Apr 06 '12 at 00:04

Jaybill McCarthy

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Welcome to Stack Overflow! While this may theoretically answer the question, [it would be preferable](http://meta.stackexchange.com/q/8259) to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference. – Bill the Lizard Apr 06 '12 at 12:19

clay · Answer 2 · 2012-04-28T01:59:09.170

Here is the Geany formatting Instructions posted by Steve Horsley to golang-nuts:

In Geany, goto Tools->Configuration Files->filetype_extensions.conf and add in the following new heading:
```
Go=*.go;
```

Copy the C definition filetypes.c to filedefs/filetypes.Go.conf:

cp /usr/share/geany/filetypes.c ~/.config/geany/filedefs/filetypes.Go.conf

Edit filetypes.Go.conf and change the setting and keywords sections to this:

[settings]
# default extension used when saving files
extension=go
lexer_filetype=C

[keywords]
# all items must be in one line
primary=break case chan const continue default defer else fallthrough for func go goto if import interface map package range return select struct switch type var
secondary=byte int int8 int16 int32 int64 uint uint8 uint16 uint32 uint64 float32 float64 complex64 complex128 uintptr string

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 03 '10 at 15:17

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Look in $GOROOT/misc and http://go-lang.cat-v.org/text-editors/ for syntax files from other editors to get an idea.

Barring that, start with C or C++ and add/substract things like go, <-, func, etc.

answered Sep 03 '10 at 15:17

cthom06

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I started with C and nothing works :( I've created a ~/.config/geany/filetypes.go based on the C one provided and get no hightlighting at all. – Matt Joiner Nov 26 '10 at 02:56

DanielTA · Answer 4 · 2013-02-22T20:48:56.193

I made a Python script that automates the directions in the link provided by Jaybill McCarthy.

import shutil, re, os

HOME = os.environ['HOME']

shutil.copy('/usr/share/geany/filetype_extensions.conf', HOME +'/.config/geany/')
with open(HOME + '/.config/geany/filetype_extensions.conf', 'r') as f:
    fileData = f.read()
fileData = re.sub(r'Haskell=.*;', r'Go=*.go;\nHaskell=*.hs;*.lhs;', fileData)
fileData = re.compile('(\[Groups\][^\[]Programming=.*?$)', re.DOTALL|re.MULTILINE).sub(r'\1Go;', fileData)
with open(HOME + '/.config/geany/filetype_extensions.conf', 'w') as f:
    f.write(fileData)


textSettings = """[settings]
extension=go
lexer_filetype=C
comment_single=//
comment_open=/*
comment_close=*/
comment_use_indent=true
"""
textKeywords = """[keywords]
primary=break case chan const continue default defer else fallthrough for func go goto if import interface map package range return select struct switch type var
secondary=byte int int8 int16 int32 int64 uint uint8 uint16 uint32 uint64 float32 float64 complex64 complex128 uintptr string"""

shutil.copy('/usr/share/geany/filetypes.c', HOME + '/.config/geany/filedefs/filetypes.Go.conf')
with open(HOME + '/.config/geany/filedefs/filetypes.Go.conf', 'r') as f:
    fileData = f.read()
fileData = re.compile(r'\[settings\].*?^\[', re.DOTALL|re.MULTILINE).sub('%s\n\n[' %textSettings, fileData)
fileData = re.compile(r'\[keywords\].*?^\[', re.DOTALL|re.MULTILINE).sub('%s\n\n[' %textKeywords, fileData)
with open(HOME + '/.config/geany/filedefs/filetypes.Go.conf', 'w') as f:
    f.write(fileData)

print "Complete!"

I'm not sure if this means I am lazy, or the other way around... o.O.

Thanks! Do you have this on as a gist? – ratulotron Oct 16 '13 at 15:26 — ratulotron, Oct 16 '13 at 15:26

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 01 '10 at 19:31

Have you defined the Go filetype in ~/.config/geany/filetype_extensions.conf ?

[Extensions]
...
Go=*.go
...

if the conf file doesn't yet exist, copy it from /usr/share/geany and add that line under 'Extensions' (or look for it under Tools > Configuration Files).

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