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FAQ: Add new item about invisible underscore in Geany
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This makes the issue in geany/geany#2502
more transparent and offers workarounds.
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And if really necessary, there is a Vim-mode plugin: https://plugins.geany.org/vimode.html


## Geany does not display underscores anymore

On some systems in combination with some fonts (e.g. "DejaVu Sans Mono" on Ubuntu but
also others), Geany does not properly display underscore (`_`) as well as other
characters which are drawn at the very top or the very bottom of the line.

There are a couple of ways to work around the issue:

- try to choose another font
- change the line height via: `Tools` -> `Configuration Files` -> `filetypes.common`
and add or update the following section:

[styling]
line_height=1;1;

This will add a little extra space at the top (first value) and bottom (second value)
on each line (see https://www.geany.org/manual/dev/index.html for more details).


Future versions of Geany (probably Geany 1.37) will fix the issue permanently.
More details and current progress can be tracked in https://github.com/geany/geany/issues/2502.


## Can Geany show me multiple files at the same time?

Geany provides a tabbed main editor window, but does not support
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To avoid slow responsiveness, it is recommended to disable checking files
for changes to not query the file's modification time. To do so, open the
preferences dialog and set `Disk check timeout` in the Files tab to 0 which
will disable it at all.
will disable it.


## How can I change the language of the user interface?
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