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Plugins

Plugin System

Since Geany 0.12 there is a basic plugin system so users can use plugins to get more features into Geany and other developers can easily add new features and/or improve existing ones.

Plugins shipped with Geany:

  • Classbuilder - Creates source files for new class types
  • Export - Exports the current file into different formats
  • Filebrowser - Adds a file browser tab to the sidebar
  • HTML Characters - Inserts HTML character entities like '&'
  • Save Actions - Provides different actions related to saving files (autosave, instantsave, backupcopy)
  • Split Window - Splits the editor view into two windows

geany-plugins combined release:

A combined release for each matching Geany release, starting with v0.17. Includes Addons, Geanygdb, GeanyLaTeX, GeanyLipsum, GeanyLua, GeanySendMail, GeanyVC, Shiftcolumn, Spell Check.

See http://plugins.geany.org/geany-plugins/ for more information.

You can submit bugs/requests for these plugins here. Also, SVN is available here - see the trunk/geany-plugins folder.

Other plugins using geany-plugins SVN:

You can submit bugs/requests for these plugins here. Also, SVN is available here.

Other Plugins:

  • If you wrote a plugin and it should be listed here, please email the project admins.

Plugin Wishlist

There is an editable plugin wishlist page, but be aware this may contain malicious links.

Developer Information

The plugin API documentation is currently incomplete, but already contains useful information. Please read the HACKING file for instructions on how to generate it, and for related information. The generated API documentation can also viewed online at http://www.geany.org/manual/reference/. In case of any questions, just ask on the mailing list.

Any plugin authors that want SVN access for the geany-plugins repository should see the announcement and contact the project admins.