README.md

Base64 Converter for Geany

Base64 Converter is a plugin for Geany used to convert from and to base64 strings.

This repository represents an independent project whose results could be manually integrated with Geany.

• Supported platforms: Linux
• License: MIT

Features:

• Conversion from/to base64 strings.
• Shows results in 'Messages' and potentially in a popup window.
• Use only the current selected text or use the whole document for conversion.

Dependencies:

• geany
• geany-devel or geany-common (depending on the distro)
• gtk+3.0-dev(el) or gtk+2.0-dev(el) (depending on the distro)
• libb64-dev(el)
• make
• pkg-config

Compilation

To compile run: make

To install (root privileges needed) run: sudo make install

To uninstall (root privileges needed) run: sudo make uninstall

Local to the current account installation

This is an alternative to globally install the plugin for all users. No root privileges needed.

To install for the current account run: make localinstall

To uninstall for the current account run: make localuninstall

Other notes

Attention MacOS users - this plugin will work with the manually installed and compiled Geany editor from source code. It will not work with the version installed from dmg files.

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• Geany JSON Prettifier
• Geany Generic SQL Formatter
• Geanny Unix Timestamp Converter